Nanochannel systems for personalized therapy and laboratory diagnostics

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-365

  Grattoni, A ^a   Fine, D ^a   Ziemys, A ^a   Gill, J ^a   Zabre, E ^a   Goodall, R ^b   Ferrari, M ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NanoMedical Systems Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Mems; Microfabrication; Nanofluidics; Silicon nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

NANOCHANNEL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; PUMP; SURFACE CHARGE;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953843767     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920110791233280     Document Type: Article

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