Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 547-555, August 2010

β-casein–based nanovehicles for oral delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs: drug-protein interactions and mitoxantrone loading capacity

  • Alina Shapira, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Gilad Markman, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biopolymers and Food Nanotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Yehuda G. Assaraf, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Fred Wyszkowski Cancer Research Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Yoav D. Livney, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • Laboratory of Biopolymers and Food Nanotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Stein Building, Technion Campus, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.

Received 23 July 2009; accepted 19 January 2010. published online 25 January 2010.

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 This work was supported by the generous donation of Yehuda and Civana Kahani, in the memory of Aba Kahani, one of the pioneers of Israel's Dairy Farming.

PII: S1549-9634(10)00010-9

doi:10.1016/j.nano.2010.01.003

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 547-555, August 2010

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