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Nanoparticles could help rescue malnourished crops

Normally used to fight cancer, these teeny liposomes deliver plant nutrients efficiently

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PLANT 911  To help sickly plants get healthy and green (like these pictured), synthetic nanoparticles are the sugar that helps fertilizing medicine go down.

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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

Synthetic nanoparticles used to fight cancer could also heal sickly plants.

The particles, called liposomes, are nanosized, spherical pouches that can deliver drugs to specific parts of the body (SN: 12/16/06, p.