Quantum dots for tumor-targeted drug delivery and cell imaging

Nanomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-274

  Misra, R D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHITOSAN; DIETHANOLAMINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSAMINE; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MANGANESE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLEIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUANTUM DOT; ZINC OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEACETYLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOENCAPSULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 45149095350     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17435889.3.3.271     Document Type: Editorial

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