Nanoprobes for in vitro diagnostics of cancer and infectious diseases

Biomaterials

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-206

  Chi, Xiaoqin ^a,b   Huang, Dengtong ^a   Zhao, Zhenghuan ^a   Zhou, Zijian ^a   Yin, Zhenyu ^b   Gao, Jinhao ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; In vitro diagnostics; Infectious diseases; Molecular identification; Nanoprobes; Protein detection

Indexed keywords

CANCER; IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION; PROTEIN DETECTION;

DISEASES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPROBES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DIAGNOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GOLD; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER; NANOPARTICLE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; BLEACHING; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NANODEVICE; NANOPROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SENSOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; NEOPLASMS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 82855175156     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.09.032     Document Type: Review

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