Tiny "glass bottles" deliver drugs on demand when heated

Cancer drugs are getting more effective at killing tumors, but there's one big problem that may be holding them back from wide use: many work like a shotgun blast and harm healthy cells as well. Researchers from Georgia Tech have now developed a new way to deliver drugs only to where they need to be, using what they describe as nanoscale "glass" bottles.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Cancer
• Drug
• Drug delivery
• Drugs
• Georgia Tech
• Infrared
• Nanoparticles

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