Monday, January 27, 2014

A natural sugar delivers DNA aptamer drug inside tumor cells

Drugs comprised of single strands of DNA, called aptamers, can bind to targets inside tumor cells causing cell death. But these DNA drugs cannot readily get inside tumor cells on their own. Effective delivery of DNA aptamers using a natural polysaccharide as a carrier is described in an article…

Source:A natural sugar delivers DNA aptamer drug inside tumor cells



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