Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 10-21 , March 2005

Significance of synthetic nanostructures in dictating cellular response

  • Evelyn K.F. Yim, MASc
    • ,
  • Kam W. Leong, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Received 28 October 2004 ,Accepted 30 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2004.11.008

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Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 10-21 , March 2005

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