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• Nanoparticles that sense thrombin activity as synthetic urinary biomarkers of thrombosis.

  Lin KY, Kwong GA, Warren AD, Wood DK, Bhatia SN. Lin KY, et al. ACS Nano. 2013 Oct 22;7(10):9001-9. doi: 10.1021/nn403550c. Epub 2013 Sep 12. ACS Nano. 2013. PMID: 24015809 Free PMC article.
• Sensitive capture of circulating tumour cells by functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets.

  Yoon HJ, Kim TH, Zhang Z, Azizi E, Pham TM, Paoletti C, Lin J, Ramnath N, Wicha MS, Hayes DF, Simeone DM, Nagrath S. Yoon HJ, et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2013 Oct;8(10):735-41. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2013.194. Epub 2013 Sep 29. Nat Nanotechnol. 2013. PMID: 24077027 Free PMC article.
• PEGylation and zwitterionization: pros and cons in the renal clearance and tumor targeting of near-IR-emitting gold nanoparticles.

  Liu J, Yu M, Ning X, Zhou C, Yang S, Zheng J. Liu J, et al. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Nov 25;52(48):12572-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201304465. Epub 2013 Oct 9. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013. PMID: 24123783 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
• Gold nanocrystal labeling allows low-density lipoprotein imaging from the subcellular to macroscopic level.

  Allijn IE, Leong W, Tang J, Gianella A, Mieszawska AJ, Fay F, Ma G, Russell S, Callo CB, Gordon RE, Korkmaz E, Post JA, Zhao Y, Gerritsen HC, Thran A, Proksa R, Daerr H, Storm G, Fuster V, Fisher EA, Fayad ZA, Mulder WJ, Cormode DP. Allijn IE, et al. ACS Nano. 2013 Nov 26;7(11):9761-70. doi: 10.1021/nn403258w. Epub 2013 Oct 17. ACS Nano. 2013. PMID: 24127782 Free PMC article.
• Spherical nucleic acid nanoparticle conjugates as an RNAi-based therapy for glioblastoma.

  Jensen SA, Day ES, Ko CH, Hurley LA, Luciano JP, Kouri FM, Merkel TJ, Luthi AJ, Patel PC, Cutler JI, Daniel WL, Scott AW, Rotz MW, Meade TJ, Giljohann DA, Mirkin CA, Stegh AH. Jensen SA, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2013 Oct 30;5(209):209ra152. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006839. Sci Transl Med. 2013. PMID: 24174328 Free PMC article.