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Lu Zhang1, Yue Shen1, Tiantian Zhang1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Nano-biotechnology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China.

Biomaterials advances
|November 1, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员开发了可生物降解的zwitterionic纳米药物 (EK-D-DOX小粒),以减少化疗副作用. 这些菌体表现出增强的瘤向,在酸性环境中释放药物,并在体内改善瘤抑制,具有较低的毒性.

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