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Nick Housley’s latest advancement is a drug‑delivery system called SANGs, short for “self‑assembling nanohydrogels.” As these nanohydrogels move through the body, they keep the cancer‑fighting drug contained, passing through healthy tissue without releasing medicine. When they encounter the unique conditions created by a tumor, they remain in that environment and release the drug precisely where it’s needed.