15 March 2018
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Graphical abstract of the review.
Willeke Daamen
In a recent review in the Journal of Controlled Release (5y IF 8), René Raavé (photo), Toin van Kuppevelt & Willeke Daamen, theme Reconstructive and regenerative medicine, discussed an alternative targeting strategy aimed at delivery of anti-tumor drugs to the tumoral extracellular matrix instead of tumor cells.
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Graphical abstract of the review.
Willeke Daamen
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