Carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes in regenerative medicine

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1097-1114

  Tran, Phong A ^a   Zhang, Lijie ^b   Webster, Thomas J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Carbon nanotube; Drug delivery; Gene delivery; Nanomaterial; Neural regeneration; Regenerative medicine; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBON MATERIAL; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; GENE DELIVERY; NANOMATERIAL; NEURAL REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STRUCTURAL MATERIALS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; DRUG DELIVERY; GENE TRANSFER; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON NANOFIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; DNA; DRUG CARRIER; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; PACLITAXEL; PLASMID DNA; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REGENERATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL ADHESION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERNALIZATION; LIPID BILAYER; LUNG TOXICITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOXICOKINETICS; TUMOR; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NERVE REGENERATION; OSTEOGENESIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 70349823235     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2009.07.010     Document Type: Review

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