The role of acoustofluidics in targeted drug delivery

With the fast development of acoustic systems in clinical and therapeutic applications, acoustically driven microbubbles have gained a prominent role as powerful tools to carry, transfer, direct, and target drug molecules in cells, tissues, and tumors in the expanding fields of targeted drug deliver...

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Main Authors: Bose, Nilanjana (Author), Zhang, Xunli (Author), Maiti, Tapas K. (Author), Chakrab, Suman (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015-09.
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