Scientists are taking the fight to cancer by developing a specialised nanoparticle that directly attacks the nucleus of a cancer cell. Our drug-loaded gold nanostars are tiny hitchhikers said Teri W. Odom professor of chemistry at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences who led the study of human cervical and ovarian cancer cells. They are attracted to a protein on the cancer cell's surface that conveniently shuttles the nanostars to the cell's nucleus. Then on the nucleus' doorstep the nanostars release the drug which continues into the nucleus to do its work said Odom. Using electron microscopy Odom and her team
