A synthetic polymer with a branching, treelike structure.
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-  The drug delivery vehicle used by the scientists is a manmade polymer molecule called a dendrimer.
 -  Highly branched stilbene dendrimers were synthesized and their photochemical behavior was studied.
 -  Probably one of the most exciting aspects of dendrimers is their demonstrated capacity to encapsulate small molecules for controlled release.
 -  The fiber probe documented a fourfold increase in tumor fluorescence in animals that received the targeted dendrimer.
 -  The nanoparticle system used by Baker's lab is based on dendrimers, star-like synthetic polymers that can carry a vast array of molecules on the ends of their arms.