title: Computer simulation of a novel pharmaceutical silicon nanocarrier.
abstract: We show the potential of the nanosilicon structure of the frustules of a typical diatom, Cymatopleura sp., as a new vehicle for drugs. The basic diatom nanostructure is a lattice of SiO2, and computerized methods in a dock project have identified the most likely and the best drug types to load into such a structure.
authors.affiliation: Drug Design and Bioinformatics Unit, Medical Biotechnology Department, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soltani
authors.forename: Soroush
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sardari
authors.forename: Sima Azadi
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Soror
keywords: artificial neural network; computerized ethods; diatom; docking; simulation