Liguid Metal Nano-Terminators Improve Cancer Treatment

Dec-04-15 Researchers have developed a new drug delivery method that uses liquid metal to target cancer cells and increase the efficiency of cancer medications.

Created by teams from two North Carolina Universities, the biodegradable liquid metal carriers—dubbed ‘nano-terminators’—are made from a gallium alloy liquid metal that has been placed in a solution containing polymeric ligands. Ultrasound was then used to break the metal into in droplets, and a chemotherapy drug is added to the solution. While one of the ligand types attaches to the drug to hold it, the other ligand seeks out and binds with cancer cells, delivering the drug directly to the source.

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