All-in-One Nanoparticle: A 'Swiss Army Knife' For Nanomedicine

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 23:28 in Physics & Chemistry

Nanoparticles are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses -- imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering pulses of heat. Rather than settling for just one of these, researchers have combined two nanoparticles in one tiny package. The result is the first structure that creates a multipurpose nanotechnology tool for medical imaging and therapy.

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