Infrared Nanoparticles Track Cancer Therapy

Near infrared nanoparticles track delivery of cancer therapeutic molecules in living cells.
Near infrared nanoparticles track delivery of cancer therapeutic molecules in living cells.
Image credit: Giulia Suarato, Stony Brook University

Tumor metastasis is associated with a physiological change in the tumor cells that gives them much greater mobility. A bone protein called BMP-7 is an important regulator of this physiological change. Researchers are studying the ability of BMP-7 to reverse the mobility of metastatic cells. In this image, researchers image the uptake of fluorescent nanoparticles (red) into kidney cell, whose nuclei are stained blue.

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