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| Title: | Dendrimers: New Hope For Cancer |
| Authors: | Ghosh, Subha Sankar |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | When the full potential of
dendrimers is determined, the agonies of cancer patients could be alleviated to
a large extent. A class of nanomaterials called dendrimers have been found
particularly useful in cancer treatment. Dendrimers have often been refered to
as the “Polymers of the 21st century”. The name ‘Dendrimer’ comes
from the Greek dendron, meaning, "tree". They are nearly
perfect monodisperse (a consistent size and form) macromolecules with a regular
and highly branched three-dimensional architecture having an average size of
around 5×10-9m, which can be artificially synthesized. |
| Page(s): | 43-45 |
| Source: | SR Vol.47(08) [August 2010]
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