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Advanced Healthcare Materials
Nanoparticle system combines chemo- and antiangiogenic therapy
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Programmable vaccine release from silk microneedles
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Glutathione-sensitive nanoparticles get drugs straight to the source of cancer
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Cellulose nanofiber paper filters out viruses
Nanofiber material, derived from Cladophora algae, removes virus particles with an efficiency matching that of the best industrial virus filters.
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