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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Liu, Y., Wang, H. Nanotechnology tackles tumours. Nature Nanotech 2, 20–21 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2006.188
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