Nano Technology Tackles Heart Disease
By BBC News
A molecule designed to find, latch onto, then treat hardened arteries could offer a new way to tackle heart disease, say its inventors.
Nanoburrs, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), target only damaged cells in blood vessel walls.
Once attached, they can release drugs in precisely the right place.
But the British Heart Foundation warned the technology was some years from being used in patients.
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