Micromedicine to the Rescue

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Don Monroe

June 1, 2009

Medical researchers have long dreamed of "magic bullets" that go directly where they are needed. Now micromedicine and nanotechnology are making a range of molecules formerly inaccessible as drugs available to be delivered at the right place and time to affect specific actions.

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