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Minerva Biotecnologica 2008 September;20(3):127-31

Copyright © 2008 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Nanotechnology of emerging targeting systems

Smith S. S.

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Duarte, CA, USA

Recent developments in the design and testing of complex nanoscale payload-carrying systems (i.e. systems with payloads that do not exceed 100 nm in size) are the focus of this brief review. Emerging systems include targeted single-walled nanotubes, viral capsids, dendrimers, gold nanoparticles, milled boron carbide nanoparticles, and protein nucleic acid assemblies. Significant advances are emerging with each of these bionanotechnological approaches to cellular targeting.