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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 131 - 132 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.46

Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Nanoparticles | Structural properties

Nanogeometry: Beyond drug delivery

Mauro Ferrari1

  1. Mauro Ferrari is at the University of Texas Health Science Center, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Rice University, Houston, Texas 77031, USA.
    e-mail: mauro.ferrari@uth.tmc.edu


Nanoparticles can control the basic functions of cells, and potentially kill cancer cells, by virtue of their size alone without the need for drugs.

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