Recent progress in the therapeutic applications of nanotechnology

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-220

  Solomon, Melani ^a   D'Souza, Gerard G M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

biosensors; drug delivery; nanocarriers; nanoparticles; stimuli sensitive

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPOLYMER; DENDRIMER; DNA; NANOCARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOFILM; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSENSOR; CATHETER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE TARGETING; NANODEVICE; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; NANOIMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPARTICLES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79953881847     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32834456a5     Document Type: Review

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