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Published online 8 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040906-11
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Magnet-making bacteria could target tumours
Microscopic particles would take drugs to where the body needs them.
From the BA Festival of Science, Exeter, UK.
Bacteria that make tiny magnetic particles could be harnessed to create drugs that home in on a specific site in the body.
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