Nano-sized 'drones' deliver targeted drugs and repair arteries

Scientists have developed nanomedicines that can deliver drug packets directly to lesions in diseased arteries, acting like nano-sized 'drones' to target atherosclerosis, a major risk factor for deaths caused by heart attack or stroke. Omid Farokhzad, associate professor of anaesthesia at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is a coleader of the research.

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