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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gossai NP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5122386 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gossai Nathan P NP Naumann Jordan A JA Li Nan-Sheng NS Zamora Edward A EA Gordon David J DJ Piccirilli Joseph A JA Gordon Peter M PM
Oncotarget 20160601 25
We describe a customizable approach to cancer therapy in which a gold nanoparticle (Au-NP) delivers a drug that is selectively activated within the cancer cell by the presence of an mRNA unique to the cancer cell. Fundamental to this approach is the observation that the amount of drug released from the Au-NP is proportional to both the presence and abundance of the cancer cell specific mRNA in a cell. As proof-of-principle, we demonstrate both the efficient delivery and selective release of the ...[more]