title: Killing me softly: microparticles target deformable cells.
abstract: Mechanical deformability is known to increase during cancer progression. Now Ma et al. identify a therapeutic strategy that targets deformable cells by microparticle-based drug delivery.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology Program and Louis V Gerstner Jr Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology Program and Louis V Gerstner Jr Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Overholtzer
mesh_terms: D055252:Cell-Derived Microparticles; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms