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Information-Theoretic Model and Analysis of Molecular Signaling in Targeted Drug Delivery

Uche A K Chude-Okonkwo, B T Maharaj, A V Vasilakos

    IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience
    |January 28, 2020
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