AML aptamers (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

AML aptamers

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A graphic showing, top to bottom, how DNA aptamers target two specific markers on a leukemia stem cell’s surface, enter the cell and deliver anticancer drugs, resulting in death of the cancer cell. 

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Graphic by Abhisek Dwivedy

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Credit Abhisek Dwivedy

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