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Puncture mechanics of cnidarian cnidocysts: a natural actuator

BACKGROUND: Cnidocysts isolated from cnidarian organisms are attractive as a drug-delivery platform due to their fast, efficient delivery of toxins. The cnidocyst could be utilized as the means to deliver therapeutics in a wearable drug-delivery patch. Cnidocysts have been previously shown to discha...

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Autores principales: Oppegard, Shawn C, Anderson, Peter A, Eddington, David T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-1611-3-17