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U of T Engineering professor Warren Chan has spent the last decade figuring out how to deliver chemotherapy drugs into tumours — and nowhere else. Now his lab has designed a set of nanoparticles attached to strands of DNA that can change shape to gain access to diseased tissue. Credit: NSERC

Modular nanoparticles attached to strands of DNA can change shape to gain access to diseased tissue. Many cancer drugs target fast-growing cells ie tumours, but unfortunately also hair follicles, GI lining, and skin. U of T Engineering Prof. Warren Chan has spent the last decade figuring out how to deliver chemotherapy drugs into tumours – and nowhere else.

One thing we know about cancer: no 2 tumours are identical...