Lung cancer cells treated with nano sized drug carriers

  • Khuloud T. Al-Jamal & Izzat Suffian
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Lung cancer cells treated with nano sized drug carriers. Khuloud T. Al-Jamal & Izzat Suffian. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Cryo scanning electron micrograph of lung epithelial cancer cells (cytoplasm is coloured green while nuclei are red/brown). The cells are taking up carbon nanotubes (yellow). Carbon nanotubes are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure which have been recently explored as drug delivery systems due to their "nano-needle" like characteristics. Diameter of each individual cell is approximately 15 micrometers.

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