Extracellular vesicles as drug delivery systems: Why and how?

Omnia M. Elsharkasy; Joel Z. Nordin; Daniel W. Hagey; Olivier G. de Jong; Raymond M. Schiffelers; Samir EL Andaloussi; Pieter Vader

doi:10.1016/j.addr.2020.04.004

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Drug deliveryExtracellular vesiclesTargeted drug deliveryExtracellular vesicleNanotechnologyExploitDrugMicrovesiclesDrug carrierChemistryComputer scienceBiologyCell biologyPharmacologyMaterials sciencemicroRNAComputer security

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Publication Info

Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 159
Pages: 332-343
Citations: 1074
Access: Closed

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