Preparation and Characterization of a Tumor-Targeting Dual-Image System Based on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Functionalized with Folic Acid and Rhodamine

Cancer is one of the diseases with most deaths worldwide, around 8.2 million annually. For this reason, several treatments and diagnostic tools have been investigated and developed over the past decades. Among them, a dual-image system has been developed to achieve and enhance the detection of cance...

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Main Authors: Alejandra Ancira-Cortez, Enrique Morales-Avila, Blanca E. Ocampo-García, Carlos González-Romero, Luis A. Medina, Gustavo López-Téllez, Erick Cuevas-Yáñez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5184167