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Theses and Dissertations
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Items in this Collection
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Development of block copolymer based nanocarriers for the solubilization and delivery of valspodar
DownloadFall 2011
One of the major causes of failure in cancer chemotherapy is multidrug resistance (MDR), where cancer cells become resistant to different types of anticancer drugs. Over-expression of membrane efflux pumps like P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which recognizes different chemotherapeutic agents and...