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Scientists Design Nanoparticles that Communicate with Cancer Cells

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Gold nanoparticle aggregates (red) are observed inside triple negative breast cancer cells after an enzyme-activated assembly and internalization process. (photo credit: Richard Huang and Ye He)

The breakthrough advance could lead to a novel, drug-free therapeutic that can slow, possibly stop, the growth of cancer cells. A multi-institutional research team has designed nanoparticles that can communicate with and slow the development of cancer cells. The work — detailed in a newly published paper in Advanced Materials — has uncovered a novel framework for the potential development of drug-free cancer therapies.

Led by scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center, CUNY (CUNY ASRC), the research team was able to design nanoparticles that are activated to se...

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