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Recent advances in nanogels composed of dendrimers to tackle cancer

    Xianghao Xiao

    State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers & Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine, College of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China

    ,
    Yue Gao

    State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers & Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine, College of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China

    ,
    Ivan Stoikov

    A.M. Butlerov Chemical Institute, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlevskaya Street, Kazan, 420008, Russia

    ,
    Dzmitry Shcharbin

    Institute of Biophysics & Cell Engineering of NASB, Akademicheskaya 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

    ,
    João Rodrigues

    CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus Universitário da Penteada, 9020-105, Funchal, Portugal

    ,
    Mingwu Shen

    State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers & Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine, College of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China

    &
    Xiangyang Shi

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: xshi@dhu.edu.cn

    State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers & Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine, College of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China

    CQM - Centro de Química da Madeira, Universidade da Madeira, Campus Universitário da Penteada, 9020-105, Funchal, Portugal

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2024-0079
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