Poisonous Caterpillar-Inspired Chitosan Nanofiber Enabling Dual Photothermal and Photodynamic Tumor Ablation

• Main Authors: Hyeong Sup Yu (Author), Hongsuk Park (Author), Thang Hong Tran (Author), Sung Yeon Hwang (Author), Kun Na (Author), Eun Seong Lee (Author), Kyung Taek Oh (Author), Dongyeop X. Oh (Author), Jeyoung Park (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As caterpillars detect the presence of predators and secrete poison, herein, we show an innovative and highly effective cancer therapeutic system using biocompatible chitosan nanofiber (CNf) installed with a pH-responsive motif that senses tumor extracellular pH, pH_e, prior to...