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Can the Miracles Promised by Carbon Nanotubes Be Realized?

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Research groups are developing carbon nanotubes for imaging and for therapy in biological environments.

David L. Shenkenberg, Associate News Editor

By delivering drugs directly to the source of disease, carbon nanotubes and other nanoparticles could reduce the toxicity that chemotherapy agents and other drugs introduce to the body. Of all the nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes promise to deliver drugs most safely and effectively. They can carry thousands of drug molecules along their length — many more than spherical nanoparticles can. Thanks to their pure carbon structure, they can be modified with chemical signatures for targeting the source of disease using the vast library of established organic chemistry methods. And because of...Read full article

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    Published: May 2008
    Basic SciencebiologyBiophotonicscarbon nanotubesFeaturesMicroscopynanoparticlesSensors & Detectors

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