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Washington, July 30 -- American scientists have developed ultra-miniature bialy-shaped particles called nanobialys that may soon be carrying medicinal compounds through patients' bloodstreams to tumours or atherosclerotic plaques.
The particles dubbed nanobialys are being considered as a significant addition to the stock of diagnostic and disease-fighting nanoparticles developed by researchers in the Consortium for Translational Research in Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C-TRAIN) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
The scientists behind this work have revealed that the nanobialys resemble tiny versions of the flat, onion-topped rolls popular in New York City.
They say that...