Functionalized nanomaterials: are they effective to perform gene delivery to difficult-to-transfect cells with no cytotoxicity?

Nanoscale, 2015, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR04173B, Communication

Fernanda M.P. Tonelli, Samyra M.S.N. Lacerda, Nicole C. O. Paiva, Flavia G Pacheco, Sergio R. A. Scalzo, Flavio H. P. Macedo, Jader S Cruz, Mauro C. X. Pinto, Jose D Correa Junior, Luiz O. Ladeira, Luiz R Franca, Silvia Guatimosim, RODRIGO R RESENDE
Nanodiamonds (NDs), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and gold nanorods (NRs) can be functionalized to promote gene delivery to hard-to-transfect cells with higher transfection efficiency than cationic lipids, and inducing less...
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