Issue 18, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Nanoscale tools to selectively destroy cancer cells†

Pierre-Luc Boudreault,a   Mathieu Arseneault,a   François Otisa  and  Normand Voyer*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Département de chimie and Centre de recherche sur la fonction, la structure et l’ingénierie des protéines, Faculté des sciences et génie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
E-mail: normand.voyer@chm.ulaval.ca

Abstract

We present experimental data that demonstrate the potential of synthetic crown ether modified peptide nanostructures to act as selective and efficient chemotherapeutic agents that operate by attacking and destroying cell membranes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B800528A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jan 2008
Accepted
12 Mar 2008
First published
07 Apr 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2118-2120

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