The breast cancer stem cell potency of copper(<scp>ii</scp>) complexes bearing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and their encapsulation using polymeric nanoparticles

Abstract

selectively kills breast CSCs over bulk breast cancer cells, and evokes a similar cellular response to the payload, 3c. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that polymeric nanoparticles can be used to effectively deliver CSC-potent metal complexes into CSCs.