Endogenous pH-responsive nanoparticles with programmable size changes for targeted tumor therapy and imaging

Wei Wu1, Li Luo1, Yi Wang1

  • 1Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China.

Theranostics
|June 14, 2018
PubMed

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