Compositions and methods for cancer treatment using targeted carbon nanotubes [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 571.8 Reproduction, development, growth
• Thông tin xuất bản: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: Medium: ED : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 260920
• Chủ đề: 1. 59 basic biological sciences; 2. 60 applied life sciences

Tóm tắt

Compositions for detecting and/or destroying cancer tumors and/or cancer cells via photodynamic therapy are disclosed, as well as methods of use thereof. The compositions comprise a linking protein or peptide attached to or otherwise physically associated with a carbon nanotube to form a targeted protein-carbon nanotube complex.