Researchers Target Tumors With Tiny ‘Nanoworms’ -- University of California, San Diego (UCSD) , University of California, Santa Barbara , and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Study

ScienceDaily (May 7, 2008) — Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system and—like tiny anti-cancer missiles—home in on tumors.