Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Drug capture materials based on genomic DNA-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles

  • Carl M. Blumenfeld,
  • Michael D. Schulz,
  • Mariam S. Aboian,
  • Mark W. Wilson,
  • Terilynn Moore,
  • Steven W. Hetts,
  • Robert H. Grubbs

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05305-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Chemotherapy agents are prone to producing severe side-effects, and their sequestration prior to their entering of the circulatory system is thus highly desirable. Here, the authors functionalize iron oxide nanoparticles with genomic DNA and achieve sequestration of doxorubicin, cisplatin, and epirubicin from biological solutions.