Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 378-381 , December 2009

Adipocytes differentiation in the presence of Pluronic F127–coated carbon nanotubes

  • Giuseppe Bardi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurosciences, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Neurosciences, CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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  • Orazio Vittorio, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Research in Microengineering (CRIM), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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  • Margherita Maffei, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dulbecco Telethon Institute at Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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  • Tommaso Pizzorusso, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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  • Mario Costa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurosciences, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy

Received 17 September 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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 The work presented in this article has been supported by the NINIVE (Non-Invasive Nanotransducer for In Vivo Gene Therapy, STRP 033378) project, co-financed by the 6FP of the European Commission.

PII: S1549-9634(09)00054-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.01.016

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 378-381 , December 2009

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