Illustration of nanoparticles (blue) delivering drugs (red) to a cervical (neck of the womb) tumour (lower left). Mucus (spider-web like filaments) in the vagina and cervix acts as a barrier to most treatments. The nanoparticles have hair-like structures that help them to penetrate the mucus and deliver the drugs to the tumour.

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