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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2013 Jun 7;0:98–114. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.05.010

Figure 3. Schematic representation of a magnetic nanoparticle-based drug delivery system.

Figure 3

Steps for magnetic nanoparticle-based drug delivery are; coupling the drug to the magnetic NP (MNP), applying an external magnetic field to attract the MNP to the desired location such as a tumor, and the release of the drugs from the NP under the influence of external alternating magnetic field once it reaches the target.