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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 203 - 204 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.88
Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Nanomedicine | Nanoparticles
Nanomedicine: Nanocarriers shape up for long life
Nobuhiro Nishiyama1
- Nobuhiro Nishiyama is at the Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine & Center for Nano-Bio Integration, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. e-mail: nishiyama@bmw.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Abstract
Keeping drug-delivery vehicles in the bloodstream for a long time is a challenge. New results suggest that adopting the filamentous shape of viruses may lead to better nanocarriers.
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