Sugar-Coating Medicine With Therapeutic Nanoparticles

Sugar-Coating Medicine With Therapeutic Nanoparticles
(NIST) studying sugar-coated nanoparticles for use as a possible cancer therapy has uncovered a delicate balancing act that makes the particles more effective than conventional thinking says they should be. Just like individuals in a crowd respecting other people's personal space, the particles work because they get close together, but not too close.