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3D liposome showing phospholipid bilayers: hydrophilic heads facing the water and hydrophobic tails folded inwards. (Getty/photo supplied by ÉTS)

The invisible bubbles that spread cancer could also help stop it

Researchers are studying liposomes to understand and block the spread of metastases, paving the way for new cancer treatments.
We interact with nanoparticles in multiple ways every day. The nanoparticles in this illustration are delivering drugs to cells. (Shutterstock)

The nanoparticles in mRNA vaccines are nothing to fear: We interact with many useful, tiny particles every day

Some vaccine hesitancy is based on a fear of the nanoparticles used in mRNA vaccines. But humans have been interacting with nanoparticles for millennia, and we use nanotechnology-based devices every day.

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