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Replenishing reservoirs in vivo

Nature Nanotechnology volume 9, pages 874–875 (2014)Cite this article

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Nucleic acid base-pairing offers a minimally invasive way to refill implanted drug depots with fresh payloads.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of the principle used for refilling drug-delivery depots.

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Couvreur, P. Replenishing reservoirs in vivo. Nature Nanotech 9, 874–875 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.253

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