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UCLA researchers develop new nanomaterials to deliver anticancer drugs to cells
06-06-2007 · EurekAlert!In a paper to be published this month in the journal Small, researchers at UCLA from the California NanoSystems Institute and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center report a novel approach using silica-based nanoparticles for the delivery of camptothecin and other water-insoluble drugs into human cancer cells.
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