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In this work, the scientists describe a nanovector made from ginger-derived lipids that can serve as a delivery platform for the therapeutic agent doxorubicin (Dox) to treat colon cancer. They created nanoparticles from ginger and reassembled their lipids into ginger-derived nanovectors (GDNVs). GDNVs were capable of loading Dox with high efficiency and mediated targeted delivery of Dox to Colon-26 tumors in vivo and enhanced the chemotherapeutic inhibition of tumor growth compared with free drug. Current experiments explore the feasibility of producing nature-derived nanoparticles that are effective as a treatment vehicle while potentially attenuating the issues related to traditional synthetic nanoparticles.