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Surface-enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering Nanoprobe Ratiometry for Detecting Microscopic Ovarian Cancer via Folate Receptor Targeting
Published on: March 25, 2019
Nanoscale tools to selectively destroy cancer cells
Pierre-Luc Boudreault1, Mathieu Arseneault, François Otis
1Département de chimie and Centre de recherche sur la fonction, la structure et l'ingénierie des protéines, Faculté des sciences et génie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, CanadaG1K 7P4.
Abstract:
We present experimental data that demonstrate the potential of synthetic crown ether modified peptide nanostructures to act as selective and efficient chemotherapeutic agents that operate by attacking and destroying cell membranes.

