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Poly(ethylene glycol) helps nanomaterials evade the immune system by modifying the composition of proteins that are adsorbed on the surface of the materials.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of the effect of PEGylation on the binding of plasma proteins to the surface of polystyrene nanoparticles.

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  1. Neville J. Butcher, Gysell M. Mortimer and Rodney F. Minchin are at the School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia,

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Butcher, N., Mortimer, G. & Minchin, R. Unravelling the stealth effect. Nature Nanotech 11, 310–311 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.6

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