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'Hitchhiking' gold nanostars can sneak into cancer cells
Researchers at Northwestern University are touting some positive results for an inventive drug delivery method.
Nanomaterial improves on VEGF for blood-vessel growth
Vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, can be our friend or enemy. When working properly, the protein creates new blood vessels after an injury and to bypass blocked vessels. When
Nanodiamonds may prove priceless in drug delivery
Professor Dean Ho of Northwestern University seems to be the king of nanodiamonds, laying them down as a drug-delivery solution to hard-to-treat cancers. In Science Translational Medicine, Ho and
Suicide molecule holds promise as new rheumatoid arthritis drug
An investigator at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has developed a "suicide" molecule that proved highly effective at wiping out rheumatoid arthritis in mice and has the potential
$11M facility offers cutting-edge chemical libraries
Armed with slightly more than $11 million in grant money, three Chicago-area universities are joining forces to create state-of-the-art chemical libraries that can be used to identify new drug
