Due to their size and relative ease of ability to coated, nanoparticles are exciting the scientific community with the possibility of using them to develop a targeted drug-delivery vehicle. This poster discusses one method of functionalizing gold core, silver shelled nanoparticles so that they would be able to bind to yeast cells. This is the first phase in the development of a drug-delivery vehicle, followed by coating the nanoparticles in a substance that is toxic to yeast cells in order to kill them, and then ultimately moving on to coating the nanoparticles in a substance toxic to cancer cells. This would produce a safer alternative to traditional chemotherapy or radiation treatments since those have been known to kill healthy cells as well as cancerous cells, but this nanoparticle treatment would be targeted to specifically the cancer cells, leaving the healthy cells unharmed.<br/>

Using biomolecule-functionalized gold core, silver shell nanoparticles to develop a vehicle capable of killing yeast cells: Potential cancer treatment

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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