A nanotechnology based strategy to increase the efficiency of cancer diagnosis and therapy: Folate conjugated gold nanoparticles.

CONCLUSION: This review identifies the important roles of F-AuNPs in current cancer researches which are undertaken worldwide. The findings of this review confirm that F-AuNP is a new theranostic agent which has great potentials for simultaneous cancer therapy and diagnosis.
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Source: Current Medicinal Chemistry - August 10, 2017 Category: Chemistry Authors: Beik J, Khademi S, Attaran N, Sarkar S, Shakeri-Zadeh A, Ghaznavi H, Ghadiri H Tags: Curr Med Chem Source Type: research