Reactive oxygen species-mediated cancer therapy with silica-based nanoparticles

• Main Author: Ong, Wee Kong
• Other Authors: Zhao Yanli
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137584
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) is important for the well-being of cells since they served as messengers. However, too much ROS will kill them because of their high reactivity with DNA and surrounding organelles. Nanoparticles made from silica and ROS-producing agents have been successfully synthe...