Moving smaller in drug discovery and delivery

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-84

  La Van, David A ^a,b   Lynn, David M ^c   Langer, Robert ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYGLACTIN; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SELENIDE; SILICON; MICROSPHERE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG DESIGN;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; MICROSPHERES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036047564     PISSN: 14741776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrd707     Document Type: Review

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