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Targeted Delivery with Carbon Nanotubes

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Functionalized nanotubes have been frequently used to provide their corresponding areas of action with drugs, proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids other therapeutic agents. CNTs are primarily used in the therapy of malignant diseases like Burkitt’s lymphoma, choriocarcinoma, breast cancer, cervical carcinoma and testicular tumors (Thakare et al., Nanomedicine 5, 1277–1301 2010).

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    Amit Kumar Nayak

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Hasnain, M.S., Nayak, A.K. (2019). Targeted Delivery with Carbon Nanotubes. In: Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Drug Delivery. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0910-0_7

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