Image to accompany release "Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes" (IMAGE)

King's College London

Image to accompany release "Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes"

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The small cages, with an internal cavity 1-4 nanometres in length, can be tuned to house drugs of different sizes - including chemotherapy drugs and antibiotics.

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Dr Charlie McTernan, King's College London and the Francis Crick Institute

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For use alongside articles about the research published in Chem on 29 May, see news release "Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes."

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