Designing dendrimers for biological applications

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Summary

Advances in understanding of the role of molecular weight and architecture on the in vivo behavior of dendrimers, together with recent progress in the design of biodegradable chemistries, has enabled the application of these branched polymers as anti-viral drugs, tissue repair scaffolds, targeted carriers of chemotherapeutics and optical oxygen sensors.

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review
Published
2005-12-01
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Dendrimer, Biocompatibility, Nanotechnology, In vivo, Polymer

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