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Peek behind the paper: nanoparticle-regulated autophagy for targeted tumor therapy

Written by The Nanomed Zone, Fang Ning (Qingdao University)

In this feature, Fang Ning (Qingdao University, Shandong, China) discusses a recent Review article published in one of our partner journals, Future Oncology, concerning the regulation of autophagy by nanoparticles and what role this could play in targeted tumor therapy. Read the full review in Future Oncology here >>> Please could you give us a background of your research history and what led you to focus on the use of nanotechnology in cancer? Nanotechnology has been used in the field of biomedicine, which provides a new solution to overcome the bottleneck of cancer treatment. Using nanotechnology to design functional biomaterials...

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