Cancer Cell Dying After Ingesting DNA 'Trojan Horse' (VIDEO)

Ohio State University

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In this time-lapse image, drug-resistant leukemia cells glow with fluorescent markers as they absorb DNA nanostructures containing the drug daunorubicin. Within 15 hours after absorbing the nanostructures, the cells begin to disintegrate (starting with the one in the lower left).

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Image by Patrick Halley, courtesy of The Ohio State University.

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