Noninvasive Delivery of Biologicals to the Brain

Sheldon Jordan1, Margaret Zielinski1, Marcin Kortylewski1

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles and Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Jordan);Neurological Associates-The Interventional Group, Los Angeles (Jordan, Zielinski);Department of Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Los Angeles (Kortylewski);Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (Kuhn, Bystritsky).

Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing)
|June 24, 2022
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