1Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, 2UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California, Davis
To deliver cancer drugs to tumor sites with high specificity and reduced side effects, new methods based on nanoparticles are required. Here, we describe disulfide cross-linked micelles that can be easily prepared by hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxidation and are able to dissociate efficiently under a reducing tumor environment to release payloads.
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