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Nanohydrogels steer cancer drugs to tumors, aiming to spare healthy tissue

Researcher is working to send cancer drugs to tumors—and avoid healthy tissue
a) A schematic representation of the synthesis and composition of fluorescently labeled siRNA-loaded SANGs. b) Physicochemical property characterization of SANGs. c) Negative-stain TEM image of SANGs. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66788-4

Exhaustion creeps in. Appetite vanishes. Hair thins. The person in the mirror looks gaunt. It’s the paradox of cancer treatment: The same drugs meant to save a life can also wear the body down. Nick Housley, assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Biological Sciences, wants to change that. He studies where cancer drugs go once they’re inside the body, including places they were never intended to reach. Some of the medicine finds the tumor. The rest interacts with healthy tissue.

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