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Rise of the nanomachines

Nature Biotechnology volume 21, pages 872–873 (2003)Cite this article

Nanoparticles that combine features of viral and nonviral vectors show promise for targeted gene delivery.

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Figure 1: Strategies for assembling DNA nanoparticles.

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