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Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems -- Novel multi-component nanopharmaceuticals for anti-HIV effects -- Hydroxycamptothecin-loaded nanoparticles to enhance drug delivery -- Targeted drug-carrying phage nanomedicines -- Artemisinin-derived antimalarial dry suspensions for pediatric use -- Inhibition of cell growth and invasion by epidermal growth factor-targeted phagemid particles -- PET-PLA/drug nanoparticles synthesis for controlled drug release -- Nanotechnology approaches to crossing the blood-brain barrier and drug delivery to the CNS -- Quantum dot imaging for embryonic stem cells -- Nanoporous platforms for cellular sensing and delivery -- Skin permeation mechanism and bioavailability enhancement of celecoxib -- Raft-dependent endocytosis of autocrine motility factor/phosphoglucose isomerase -- Adenovirus dodecahedron, as a drug delivery vector -- Exon skipping oligonucleotides and concomitant dystrophin expression in skeletal muscle of mdx mice -- In vitro drug release behavior -- Pharmaceutical induction of ApoE secretion -- Cationic nanoparticles for delivery of amphotericin B.