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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 20 - 21 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.188

Subject Categories: Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes | Nanobiotechnology | Nanomedicine

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology tackles tumours

Yuanfang Liu1,2 & Haifang Wang1

  1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China e-mail: yliu@pku.edu.cn
  2. Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. e-mail: haifangw@pku.edu.cn


Single-walled carbon nanotubes can now effectively target tumours in mice, which suggests that nanotubes could form the basis of a safe drug-delivery system for cancer therapy.

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