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  1. Stefan Wilhelm, Anthony J. Tavares and Warren C. W. Chan are at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada.

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  2. Warren C. W. Chan is at the Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E1, Canada.

    • Warren C. W. Chan

  3. Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College St, Toronto, M5S 3G9, Ontario, Canada

    • Warren C. W. Chan

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Wilhelm, S., Tavares, A. & Chan, W. Reply to “Evaluation of nanomedicines: stick to the basics”. Nat Rev Mater 1, 16074 (2016) doi:10.1038/natrevmats.2016.74

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