Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 74-81 , June 2006

Modifying the function of DNA repair nanomachines for therapeutic benefit

Material in this article was originally presented at the First Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, Baltimore, MD, August 15-16, 2005.

Received 2 February 2006 ,Accepted 7 April 2006.

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 Conflict of Interest: Intellectual property described in this article has been licensed by the Medical College of Georgia to Apeliotus Technologies, 1456 North Morningside Drive, NE, Atlanta GA 30306. WSD is a consultant for Apeliotus Technologies.

 This work was supported by U.S. Public Health Service awards GM 35866 and CA 98239 and by the U.S. Department of Energy Low-Dose Radiation Research Program award DE-FG02-03ER63649. W.S.D. received additional support as an Eminent Scholar of the Georgia Research Alliance.

PII: S1549-9634(06)00044-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.04.004

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 74-81 , June 2006

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