Magnetic nanoparticle assisted gene delivery

• Main Author: Ang, Derrick
• Other Authors: Raju V. Ramanujan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Magnetic materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/47726
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Gene delivery is the process of delivering foreign DNA into host cells. Viruses are commonly used because of their very high transfection efficiency. Unfortunately, viral based delivery systems have serious safety concerns such as insertional mutagenesis and severe immune response. In contrast, n...