Machines (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Machines (3 of 3)

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Motorized molecules that target diseased cells may deliver drugs to or kill the cells by drilling into the cell membranes. Scientists at Rice, Durham (U.K.) and North Carolina State universities have demonstrated them on cancer and other cells.

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Loïc Samuel/Rice University

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