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Multicompartment dendrimicelles with binary, ternary and quaternary core composition

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NANOSCALE (2021)

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Application progress of RVG peptides to facilitate the delivery of therapeutic agents into the central nervous system

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Targeting human liver cancer cells with lactobionic acid-G(4)-PAMAM-FITC sorafenib loaded dendrimers

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TPP-dendrimer nanocarriers for siRNA delivery to the pulmonary epithelium and their dry powder and metered-dose inhaler formulations

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Low-generation asymmetric dendrimers exhibit minimal toxicity and effectively complex DNA

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Remnant cationic dendrimers block RNA migration in electrophoresis after monophasic lysis

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Dendrimers: Novel polymeric nanoarchitectures for solubility enhancement

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Convergent synthesis of internally branched PAMAM dendrimers

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