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The platinum-based chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin is highly effective in the treatment of solid tumours, but its use is restricted by poor bioavailability, severe dose-limiting side effects and rapid development of drug resistance. In light of this we have tethered the active component of cisplatin to gold-coated iron oxide nanoparticles to improve its delivery to tumours and increase its efficacy...