Gold nanoparticles have many properties that make them exciting objects of study in cancer research. For example, they are non-toxic, can carry a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, and are small enough to reach targets in the body that other delivery systems cannot. This darkfield image shows the delivery of gold nanoparticles (yellow dots) into the cytosol of cells.

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