New nanoparticle fights cardiovascular plaque

(Nanowerk News) Scientists and engineers at UC Santa Barbara and the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have developed a nanoparticle that can attack plaque—a major cause of cardiovascular disease. The new development is described in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Targeting atherosclerosis by using modular, multifunctional micelles).

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