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In Vitro Gene Delivery with Large Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Fabricated Using Cost‐Effective, Metal‐Assisted Chemical Etching

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The cytocompatibility, cell membrane affinity, and plasmid DNA delivery from surface oxidized, metal-assisted stain-etched mesoporous silicon nanoscale particles (pSiNPs) to human embryonic kidney cells is demonstrated, suggesting the possibility of using such material for targeted transfection and drug delivery.
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The cytocompatibility, cell membrane affinity, and plasmid DNA delivery from surface oxidized, metal-assisted stain-etched mesoporous silicon nanoscale particles (pSiNPs) to human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells is demonstrated, suggesting the possibility of using such material for targeted transfection and drug delivery.

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Nano-Modified Titanium Implant Materials: A Way Toward Improved Antibacterial Properties.

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Progress in developing cationic vectors for non-viral systemic gene therapy against cancer.

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Organically modified silica nanoparticles: a nonviral vector for in vivo gene delivery and expression in the brain.

TL;DR: The results of this nanomedicine approach using ORMOSIL nanoparticles as a nonviral gene delivery platform have a promising future direction for effective therapeutic manipulation of the neural stem/progenitor cells as well as in vivo targeted brain therapy.
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Optical tracking of organically modified silica nanoparticles as DNA carriers: A nonviral, nanomedicine approach for gene delivery

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Gene therapy progress and prospects: non-viral gene therapy by systemic delivery

TL;DR: This review focuses on the progress made over the last 2 years in developing gene carriers that can be targeted to the disease site and some future prospects for gene delivery.
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