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Drug Delivery: Functional Silica Nanoparticles for Redox‐Triggered Drug/ssDNA Co‐delivery (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 6/2012)
Author(s) -
Ma Xing,
Nguyen Kim Truc,
Borah Parijat,
Ang Chung Yen,
Zhao Yanli
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201290027
Subject(s) - hela , drug delivery , doxorubicin , mesoporous silica , nanoparticle , drug , nanotechnology , redox , biocompatible material , dna , materials science , in vitro , chemistry , biophysics , pharmacology , mesoporous material , biomedical engineering , biochemistry , medicine , chemotherapy , catalysis , metallurgy , surgery , biology
A mesoporous silica nanoparticle based co‐delivery system for redox‐triggered simultaneous release of drug and single strand DNA is reported by Y. L. Zhao and co‐workers on page 690 . High co‐delivery efficiency of the biocompatible nanoparticles has been demonstrated in vitro, exhibiting the successful release of both anticancer drug doxorubicin and single strand DNA into Hela cancer cells for improved apoptosis.