title: Carbon nanotubes: on the road to deliver.
abstract: Over the last few years, considerable advances have been made in the field of nanotechnology. The advent of carbon nanotube functionalization has paved the way for their potential application as a delivery system of diverse molecules such as peptides, proteins, plasmid DNA, and synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides. This opens new therapeutic and preventive opportunities to combat diseases. The scope of this review is to summarize our recent work in this rapidly growing field.
authors.affiliation: UPR 9021, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 15 rue René Descartes, F-67084, Strasbourg, France. A.Bianco@ibmc.u-strasbg.fr
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoebeke
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostarelos
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prato
authors.forename: Charalambos D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Partidos
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000633:toxicity; D018899:CpG Islands; D004247:DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004337:Drug Carriers; D036103:Nanotechnology
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D002244:Carbon; D004247:DNA