What are carbon nanotubes' roles in anti-tumor therapies?

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2250-2256

  Xu, Haiyan ^a   Meng, Jie ^a   Kong, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; delivery; immune; therapy; tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTI-TUMORS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CANCER NANOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER THERAPY; DELIVERY; IMMUNE; NANO-MATERIALS; PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THERAPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DRUG DELIVERY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

GENE THERAPY;

EID: 78649364739     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-010-4117-6     Document Type: Review

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