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Porous silicon advances in drug delivery and immunotherapy.

Current opinion in pharmacology (2013-07-13)
David J Savage, Xuewu Liu, Steven A Curley, Mauro Ferrari, Rita E Serda
ABSTRACT

Biomedical applications of porous silicon include drug delivery, imaging, diagnostics and immunotherapy. This review summarizes new silicon particle fabrication techniques, dynamics of cellular transport, advances in the multistage vector approach to drug delivery, and the use of porous silicon as immune adjuvants. Recent findings support superior therapeutic efficacy of the multistage vector approach over single particle drug delivery systems in mouse models of ovarian and breast cancer. With respect to vaccine development, multivalent presentation of pathogen-associated molecular patterns on the particle surface creates powerful platforms for immunotherapy, with the porous matrix able to carry both antigens and immune modulators.

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Silicon, powder, −325 mesh, 99% trace metals basis
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Silicon, wafer, <111>, P-type, contains boron as dopant, diam. × thickness 2 in. × 0.3 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <111>, N-type, contains no dopant, diam. × thickness 2 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <100>, N-type, contains no dopant, diam. × thickness 2 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <111>, N-type, contains phosphorus as dopant, diam. × thickness 2 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <100>, N-type, contains phosphorus as dopant, diam. × thickness 3 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <111>, P-type, contains boron as dopant, diam. × thickness 3 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <100>, N-type, contains phosphorus as dopant, diam. × thickness 2 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <111>, N-type, contains no dopant, diam. × thickness 3 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <100>, N-type, contains no dopant, diam. × thickness 3 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, wafer (single side polished), <100>, P-type, contains boron as dopant, diam. × thickness 2 in. × 0.5 mm
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Silicon, sheet, 40x40mm, thickness 3.0mm, single crystal, p-type, 100%
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Silicon, rod, 50mm, diameter 5mm, single crystal, -111, 99.999%
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Silicon, sheet, 52x52mm, thickness 1.0mm, polycrystalline, 99.999%
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Silicon, rod, 10mm, diameter 2.0mm, crystalline, 100%
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Silicon, rod, 50mm, diameter 2.0mm, crystalline, 100%
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Silicon, rod, 50mm, diameter 6mm, single crystal, -111, 99.999%
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Silicon, disks, 15.9mm, thickness 0.38mm, single crystal, n-type, 100%
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Silicon, rod, 25mm, diameter 2.0mm, crystalline, 100%
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Silicon, rod, 80mm, diameter 20mm, single crystal, -100, 99.999%
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Silicon, rod, 40mm, diameter 20mm, single crystal, -100, 99.999%
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