| Literature DB >> 24424277 |
Trever Todd1, Zipeng Zhen, Wei Tang, Hongmin Chen, Geoffrey Wang, Yen-Jun Chuang, Kayley Deaton, Zhengwei Pan, Jin Xie.
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Small molecules can be co-loaded with iron oxide nanoparticles onto diatoms. With an external magnetic field, the diatoms, after systemic administration, can be attracted to tumors. This study suggests a great potential of diatoms as a novel and powerful therapeutic vehicle.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24424277 PMCID: PMC3974590 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr05623f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanoscale ISSN: 2040-3364 Impact factor: 7.790