Tiny Particle Made Up of Silk and Diamond can Lead to a Novel Imaging and Drug Delivery Tool

A new technique, which can help doctors and researchers with better biological imaging and drug delivery, makes use of a tiny particle that is built using silk and diamonds. The new particles, just tens of nanometers across, are made of diamond and covered in silk. They can be injected into living cells, and because they glow when illuminated with certain kinds of light, biologists can use them to peer inside cells and untangle the molecular circuitry that governs ...

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