Star-shaped block polymers as a molecular biomaterial for nanomedicine development

Nanomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-12

  Mei, Lin ^a   Jiang, Yuyang ^a   Feng, Si Shen ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

anticancer drug; biodegradable polymer; cancer nanotechnology; drug delivery; drug targeting; pharmaceutical nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POLYMER;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NANOMEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84896525412     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.180     Document Type: Review

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