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UAB creates triple-threat cancer-fighting polymer capsules for guided drug delivery

These microcarriers may offer an entirely different approach to treating solid human tumors of numerous pathologic subtypes by delivering their encapsulated drug cargo to a tumor and protecting against collateral tissue damage.

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Changes in shape and ‘squishiness’ can help drug-containing microcapsules reach tumors

The properties of cubic or spherical shape and solid or elastic stiffness affect the fates of polymer microcapsules meant to carry chemotherapy to a tumor.

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