Credit: Haifa Shen and Mauro Ferrari
In this rendering, RNA-carrying "nanoliposomes" (yellow) are released from a silicon nanoparticle (grey) near targeted ovarian cancer cells (not pictured). Intravenous injections of the microscopic drug delivery system in animal models appear to have resulted in anywhere from a 36 to 83 reduction in ovarian tumor weight, depending on the dose administered.