Mimicking a blood vessel to create a 'bridge' to better medicine and precision treatment

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 11:00 in Health & Medicine

Nanotechnology has led to better diagnostic techniques and more effective treatments for a variety of illnesses. Tiny devices measuring between 1 and 100 micrometers—one micrometer is equal to one millionth of a meter—enable scientists to observe cell activity and deliver drugs to individual cells—a breakthrough that is on the verge of revolutionizing precision medicine for treatment of diseases such as cancer.

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