Advances of nanotechnology in the stem cells research and development

Nano Biomedicine and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-90

  Ji, Jiajia ^a   Ruan, Jing ^a   Cui, Daxiang ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Imaging; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Stem cells; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650383811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21505578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v2i1.p66-88     Document Type: Review

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