Regenerative nanomedicine: Current perspectives and future directions

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4153-4167

  Chaudhury, Koel ^a   Kumar, Vishu ^a   Kandasamy, Jayaprakash ^a   RoyChoudhury, Sourav ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Nanomedicine; Nanotechnology; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGY; BONE; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARTILAGE; CELL FUNCTION; LANGUAGE; LIVER; NANOMEDICINE; NERVE; ORGAN CULTURE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SKIN; TOOTH; ANIMAL; HUMAN; MOUSE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; NANOMEDICINE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84921285875     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s45332     Document Type: Article

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