Bio-Applications of Nanoparticles

In this edited book, we highlight the central players in the Bionanotechnology field, which are the nanostructures and biomolecules. The book starts by describing how nanostructures are synthesized and by describing the wide variety of nanostructures avai

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ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Editorial Board: NATHAN BACK, State University of New York at Buffalo IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science ABEL LAJTHA, N.S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research JOHN D. LAMBRIS, University of Pennsylvania RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan

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Bio-Applications of Nanoparticles Edited by

Warren C.W. Chan, Ph.D. Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, The Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Materials Science and Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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