Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 132-137 , June 2007

Development of hyaluronic acid–Fe2O3 hybrid magnetic nanoparticles for targeted delivery of peptides

  • Arun Kumar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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  • Bishwabhusan Sahoo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    • Transgenex Nanobiotech, Inc., Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • Alison Montpetit, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    • Transgenex Nanobiotech, Inc., Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • Sumita Behera, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Transgenex Nanobiotech, Inc., Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • Richard F. Lockey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    • VA Hospital Research, James A. Haley Hospital, Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • Shyam S. Mohapatra, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    • Transgenex Nanobiotech, Inc., Tampa, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr. Shyam S. Mohapatra, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd., MDC-19, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.

Received 15 June 2006 ,Accepted 2 March 2007.

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 No conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

 AK and BS contributed equally to this work.

PII: S1549-9634(07)00043-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2007.03.001

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 132-137 , June 2007

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