Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , March 2006

Medical nanotechnology in the UK: a perspective from the London Centre for Nanotechnology

Received 27 September 2005 ,Accepted 21 December 2005.

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 M.A.H. is funded by a program grant from the Wellcome Trust, UK, and is a member of the UK Research Councils' “IRC in Nanotechnology.”

PII: S1549-9634(06)00003-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2005.12.001

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , March 2006