Therapeutic Nanoparticles Stick to a Blood Vessel, Version #1

Therapeutic Nanoparticles Stick to a Blood Vessel, Version #1

Submitted by Christian Kastrup of the Langer and Anderson Laboratories at the Koch Institute

Koch Institute at MIT, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Medical Engineering and Science

Christian Kastrup
Langer and Anderson Laboratories, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Epi-Fluorescence Micrograph

"This image shows the inside of a blood vessel that has been coated with an adhesive hydrogel and nanoparticles. We are using this technology to coat and treat atherosclerotic plaques and other blood vessel diseases."

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