BIND Biosciences Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
BIND Biosciences generates nanoparticles with unique targeting agents that allow them to home in on cancerous cells with deadly precision. Because it's impossible to mathematically design the optimal particle, BIND scientists have created large combinatorial libraries of nanoparticles with different biophysical and chemical properties.
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