Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 681-688 , October 2010

Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of antimicrobial and cytotoxic effect of silver and titanium nanoparticles

  • Fidel Martinez-Gutierrez, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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  • Peggy L. Olive, PhD

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Adriana Banuelos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Erasmo Orrantia, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Investigaciones de Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua, México
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  • Nereyda Nino, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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  • Elpidio Morales Sanchez, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Fisico Matematicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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  • Facundo Ruiz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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  • Horacio Bach, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, 2733 Heather Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 3J5.
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  • Yossef Av-Gay, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Received 28 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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 Funding for this studies at Y.A.’s laboratory was provided by the TB Veterans Charitable Foundation and Enox Biopharma Inc. Comet experiments were supported by the Canadian Cancer Society (P.L.O.).

PII: S1549-9634(10)00095-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2010.02.001

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 681-688 , October 2010

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