Affinity for, and localization of, PEG-functionalized silica nanoparticles to sites of damage in an ex vivo spinal cord injury model

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Traumatic spinal cord injury <b>(</b>SCI) leads to serious neurological and functional deficits through a chain of pathophysiological events. At the molecular level, progressive damage is initially revealed by collapse of...

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Main Authors: Chen Bojun, Zuberi Mahvash, Borgens Richard Ben, Cho Youngnam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Biological Engineering
Online Access:http://www.jbioleng.org/content/6/1/18