'Nanosubmarine' designed that delivers complementary molecules inside cells
Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 13:32
in Physics & Chemistry
Nanoparticles that under the right conditions, self-assemble -- trapping complementary guest molecules within their structure -- have been recently created by scientists. Like tiny submarines, these versatile nanocarriers can navigate in the watery environment surrounding cells and transport their guest molecules through the membrane of living cells to sequentially deliver their cargo.