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Five Years of siRNA Delivery: Spotlight on Gold Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
LyttonJean Abigail K. R.,
Langer Robert,
Anderson Daniel G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201100761
Subject(s) - colloidal gold , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , materials science , drug delivery
Gold nanoparticles have become widely used in scientific research due to their unique physical and chemical properties. In the last several years their use as siRNA delivery agents has been investigated. Here, progress made using gold nanoparticles for siRNA delivery is described and the different strategies employed are compared.