Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 302-310 , December 2008

pH-controlled drug loading and release from biodegradable microcapsules

  • Qinghe Zhao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
    • ,
  • Bingyun Li, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
    • WVNano Initiative, Morgantown, West Virginia
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomaterials, Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-9196.

Received 2 November 2007 ,Accepted 3 June 2008.

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 Financial support from National Aeronautics and Space Administration West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, West Virginia University (WVU) Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, and WVU Senate Grant are acknowledged. No commercial associations, current and within the past 5 years, that might pose a potential, perceived, or real conflict of interest, were reported by the authors of this article.

PII: S1549-9634(08)00089-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.06.004

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 302-310 , December 2008

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