Biological mechanisms of gold nanoparticle radiosensitization
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Biological mechanisms of gold nanoparticle radiosensitization
There has been growing interest in the use of nanomaterials for a range of biomedical applications over the last number of years. In particular, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) possess a number of unique properties that make them ideal candidates as radiosensitizers on the basis of their strong photoelectric absorption coefficient and ease of synthesis. However, despite promising preclinical evidence...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Nanotechnology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1868-6958,1868-6966
DOI: 10.1186/s12645-017-0026-0