Continuous release of gentamicin from gold nanocarriers

Antibiotics are still the most effective agents used to fight bacterial infections. Antibiotics are quickly metabolised or excreted from the human body, thus they need to be frequently administered (a few times a day) and their half life is usually an important factor in the therapeutic choice. In o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Perni, Stefano, Prokopovich, Polina
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Biomedical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96747