Folic acid modified gelatine coated quantum dots as potential reagents for <it>in vitro </it>cancer diagnostics

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gelatine coating was previously shown to effectively reduce the cytotoxicity of CdTe Quantum Dots (QDs) which was a first step towards utilising them for biomedical applications. To be useful they also need to be target-specific whic...

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Main Authors: Gérard Valérie A, Maguire Ciaran M, Bazou Despina, Gun'ko Yurii K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Journal of Nanobiotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.jnanobiotechnology.com/content/9/1/50