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Humble Protein, Nanoparticles Tag-team to Kill Cancer Cells
July 27, 2010
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A normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able--when paired with nanoparticles--to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without having to also load those particles with chemotherapy drugs.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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