Applications of carbon nanotubes in drug delivery

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 674-679

  Bianco, Alberto ^a   Kostarelos, Kostas ^b   Prato, Maurizio ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; DRUG; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL TRANSPORT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MEDICINE; MOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 27744504244     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.005     Document Type: Review

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