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Ultra-effective photothermal therapy for prostate cancer cells using dual aptamer-modified gold nanostars

Hunho Jo, Hyungjun Youn, Seonghwan Lee, Changill Ban

Journal of Materials Chemistry B · 2014 · 47 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

A novel general platform for disease-specific photothermal therapy. This is the first demonstration of gold nanostars with tremendous efficiency and impressive selectivity for the targeted cancer, particularly the simultaneous targeting of PSMA(+) and PSMA(−) prostate cancers.

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