Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , June 2006

Magnetoelectroporation: improved labeling of neural stem cells and leukocytes for cellular magnetic resonance imaging using a single FDA-approved agent

  • Piotr Walczak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of MR Research, and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Jesus Ruiz-Cabello, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of MR Research, and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Dorota A. Kedziorek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of MR Research, and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Assaf A. Gilad, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of MR Research, and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Sopo Lin

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of MR Research, and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Bradley Barnett, BA

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of MR Research, and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Lu Qin, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Hyam Levitsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Jeff W.M. Bulte, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Division of MR Research, and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology and Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 217 Traylor Building, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.

Received 3 October 2005 ,Accepted 15 January 2006.

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 Piotr Walczak is the recipient of the 2005 AANM First Annual Meeting First Place Young Investigator Award. This research is supported by National Institutes of Health Grant RO1 NS045062. JRC was funded by a fellowship from the Spanish Ministry “Programa de Movilidad del Profesorado.” BB is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research training fellow. The authors are grateful to Mary McAllister for editorial assistance.

PII: S1549-9634(06)00010-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.01.003

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , June 2006

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