Endocrine Abstracts

Background: It is well known that one of the basic characteristics of tumor cells is that they are greedy for glucose. Delivering Glucose Coated Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Glc-SPIONs) to tumor cells by i.v. administration could represent “the magic bullet” for detecting and treating cancer,Materials, methods and results: Glc-SPIONs were prepared by a new approach called Metal Vapor Synthesis (MVS) and their structural features ...