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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 467 - 468 (2007)
Published online: 22 July 2007 | doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.234
Subject Categories: Nanomedicine | Nanoparticles
Nanomedicine: Magnetic nanoparticles hit the target
Alidad Amirfazli1
- Alidad Amirfazli is at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G8, Canada. e-mail: a.amirfazli@ualberta.ca
Abstract
The indiscriminate inhalation of drugs during cancer treatment can adversely affect healthy tissues that surround the tumour. New studies in mice show that tiny aerosol droplets can be guided to the right spot in the lung with an external magnet.
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