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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2008

Combinatorial and rational approaches to polymer synthesis for medicine.

Michael Goldberg, Kerry Mahon, Daniel Anderson

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mapping Biomaterial Complexity by Machine Learning.Tissue engineering. Part A · 2024
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  2. Polymer designChemical science · 2024
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  12. Modular and orthogonal synthesis of hybrid polymers and networks.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2015
    Review
  13. Molecular design and evaluation of biodegradable polymers using a statistical approach.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2013
    Article
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  16. Bioinspired materials for controlling stem cell fate.Accounts of chemical research · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michael GoldbergHarvard, MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, USA. mgoldbrg@mit.edu
Kerry Mahon
Daniel Anderson

Funding

TREATMENT OF CANCER WITH siRNA DELVIERED BY NANOPARTICLESU54CA119349 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WEISSLEDER, MD, PHD, RALPH · 2005 to 2009
$20.5M
CONTROLLED RELEASE OF MACROMOLECULESR01EB000244 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL, TRAVERSO, CARLO GIOVANNI · 2002 to 2021
$6.1M
Controlled Release of MacromoleculesR37EB000244 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 2008 to 2017
$3.9M
NCI NIH HHS 1-U54-CA119349-01NCI NIH HHS U54 CA119349NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB0002244NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB000244NIBIB NIH HHS R37 EB000244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-throughput, combinatorial methods have revolutionized small molecule synthesis and drug discovery. By combining automation, miniaturization, and parallel synthesis techniques, large collections of new compounds have been synthesized and screened. It is becoming increasingly clear that these same approaches can also assist the discovery and development of novel biomaterials for medicine. This review examines combinatorial and rational polymer synthesis for medical applications, including stem cell engineering and nucleic acid drug delivery.

Indexed as

Combinatorial Chemistry TechniquesDrug DesignDrug Delivery SystemsHumansNucleic AcidsPolymersStem CellsTissue EngineeringNucleic AcidsPolymers

Identifiers

PMID18423930
PMCPMC2536566

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