Nanobomb: A potential technique for in vivo imaging and targeted cancer cell destruction

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 864-865

  Zhang, Hualin ^a   Chen, Zhiqing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MACROGOL; NANOBOMB; NANOMATERIAL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LETTER; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SHOCK WAVE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349820731     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.04.018     Document Type: Letter

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