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Graphene nanoflakes can deliver drugs to target tissues

Tested on mice model - need to slow down excretion from tissues

19-Aug-2019

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Chemists create a new compound for flexible drug delivery to specific target cancer cells.

Graphene nanoflakes are extremely small pieces of graphene to which other molecules can be attached.

Prevents tumor cells from multiplying, detectable by medical imaging and has a long half-life.

Promising new avenues for oncological precision treatment as well as for theranostics.

A collaborative study published in the journal Chemical Science.

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Chemical Science

Journal providing information from fields of chemical sciences.

Jason Holland

Principal Investigator at University of Zurich.

Jennifer Lamb

Ph.D. student at University of Zurich

University of Zurich

Public Research university.

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Diagnostics