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Nanocapsules transport active ingredients directly to their site of action

Tiny Trojan horses

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Finely distributed: Dr. Katrin Fischer visually examines the nanoparticles floating in a dispersion like drops of essential oil in ice-cold anise schnapps.

Medications are all the more effective when they can be transported directly to their ultimate destinations. The body’s defense system often recognizes the active ingredients as unfamiliar intruders and blocks their access, however.

Right to the tumor cell
Researchers at Bayer HealthCare are now seeking to outwit the body’s defense system with a cunning ruse from Greek mythology: just like the Hellenic warriors once hid in the Trojan horse and gained entry to the city unnoticed, so the specialists at Bayer are enveloping medications in nanocapsules for direct transport to their site of action. Read how these tiny warriors can combat tumor cells – without damaging the surrounding tissue