Who: North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil.
What: Bioinspired cocoon-like anticancer drug delivery system consisting of a deoxyribonuclease (DNase)-degradable DNA nanoclew (NCl) embedded with an acid-responsive DNase I nanocapsule (NCa).
Where: Anti-cancer therapy.
When: Preparing to launch preclinical testing.
Image: Nano-cocoon with ligands on surface that bind to receptors on the surface of cancer cells. (Image Zhen Gu)