Nanoengineers mine tiny diamonds for drug delivery
Date: 14.10.2007
Northwestern University researchers have shown that **nanodiamonds** -- much like the carbon structure as that of a sparkling 14 karat diamond but on a much smaller scale -- are very effective at delivering **chemotherapy drugs** to cells without the negative effects associated with current drug delivery agents.
Their study, published online by the journal Nano Letters, is the first to demonstrate the use of nanodiamonds, a new class of **nanomaterials**, in biomedicine. In addition to delivering cancer drugs, the model could be used for other applications, such as fighting tuberculosis or viral infections, say the researchers.
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