Nano-based Drugs

Koch Institute researchers engineer new therapeutic agents and drug delivery systems that can identify and target cancer cells and selectively destroy them. Explore selected projects through the images below.

In Good Shape: Using Machine Learning to Improve Cancer Therapy

Smart Nanoparticles Meet Ovarian Cancer Cells 3

Tiny Trojan Horses: Tumor-Penetrating Nanoparticles Infiltrate Cancer Cells

Target Practice: Improving Gene Therapy With Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles Target Endothelial Cells

Down-Conversion Nanoparticle Loaded T-Cell

Blood, Heat, and Tumors: Improving Drug Delivery with Gold Nanorods

Making it Stick: Therapeutics Cling to a Blood Vessel

Nanobodies for Targeted Therapeutic Strategies 1

Modeling Interactions Between Blood-Brain Barrier Vessels and Brain Tumors

Gene Therapy via Lipid Nanoparticle 2

Nanoparticles Accumulate Around Glioblastoma Cells 1

Nano-probes Detect Tumor-Created Proteases 3