Gold Nanostars Help Design New Nanomedicines

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(Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a novel way to track how nanoparticles interact with cancer cells and whether they reach their targets. The team’s work shows that if a nanoparticle targets cancer cells, it undergoes more rotational and translational movement compared to nanoparticles that cannot target cancer cells effectively.