Killing cancer cells by rupturing their lysosomes

Jichuan Qiu¹, Younan Xia^{2

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¹ The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. younan.xia@bme.gatech.edu.
³ School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. younan.xia@bme.gatech.edu.

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Jichuan Qiu et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;15(4):252-253.

doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0639-z.

Jichuan Qiu¹, Younan Xia^{2

3}

¹ The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. younan.xia@bme.gatech.edu.
³ School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. younan.xia@bme.gatech.edu.

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Targeted crystallization of mixed-charge nanoparticles in lysosomes induces selective death of cancer cells.
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