"Mini-Meds" -- The Discovery Files




The Discovery Files show

Summary: Tiny, biodegradable particles could hold answers for improved medicine delivery and offer help for some of our biggest health problems. A Princeton University-led research team has invented an innovative technique to mix drugs and the materials that encapsulate them into nanoparticles that can deliver medicine deep into the lungs or infiltrate cancer cells while leaving normal cells alone. Size is the key for these tiny messengers.