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Challenges associated with Penetration of Nanoparticles across Cell and Tissue Barriers: A Review of Current Status and Future Prospects.

Sutapa Barua, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2014 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 2, pp 223-243
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This review focuses on the current understanding of penetration of NPs through biological barriers, andphasis is placed on transport barriers and not immunological barriers.
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This article is published in Nano Today.The article was published on 2014-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 788 citations till now.

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