Synthesis of novel drug-free cancer targeting nanotherapeutics

• Main Author: Cheong, How Min
• Other Authors: Dalton Tay Chor Yong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139298
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are seen as one of the promising candidates for anti-cancer therapy, due to its favourable cancer-killing properties. In this research paper, MSNs are being further modified, through attachment of PEG (Polyet...