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Downsizing tumour therapeutics

Repairing disordered blood vessels in tumours can improve the delivery of small nanomedicines.

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Figure 1: Size-dependent transport of nanotherapeutics.

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Cheng, C., Saltzman, W. Downsizing tumour therapeutics. Nature Nanotech 7, 346–347 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.89

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