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Nano-sized Technology Has Super-sized Effect On Tumors

Nanoparticle technology has the potential to increase drug effectiveness and decrease drug dose to alleviate harmful side effects

By Gwen Ericson

Anyone facing chemotherapy would welcome an advance promising to dramatically reduce their dose of these often harsh drugs. Using nanotechnology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine researchers have taken a step closer to that goal.

Posted: 2008-04-17

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