Nucleic acid delivery with microbubbles and ultrasound

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-93

  Rychak, Joshua J ^a   Klibanov, Alexander L ^b  

^a Targeson Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Focused ultrasound; Gene delivery; MiRNA; Plasmid; SiRNA; Transfection; Viral

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BIOMOLECULES; DRUG DELIVERY; GENE TRANSFER; LIPOSOMES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; GENE DELIVERY; MIRNA; PLASMID; SIRNA; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84901593549     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2014.01.009     Document Type: Review

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