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Zhen Li1, Jialong Fan1, Chunyi Tong1

  • 1College of Biology, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics & Developmental Regulation, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China.

Nanomedicine (London, England)
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antitumorcGQDscarboxylated graphene quantum dotsfolic acidmitoxantronetumor-targeted therapy

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