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Diamonds deliver on cancer treatment

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Carbon nanoparticles promise multifaceted benefits in transporting drugs.

Attaching chemotherapy drugs to small particles called nanodiamonds can make the drugs more effective, according to a study published this week in Science Translational Medicine1.

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  1. Chow, E. et al. Sci. Trans. Med. 3, 73ra21 (2011).

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  1. Marian Turner
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Turner, M. Diamonds deliver on cancer treatment. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.149

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