Microencapsulation Methods for Delivery of Protein Drugs

  • Yoon Yeo (Department of Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, Purdus University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA) ;
  • Namjin Baek (Department of Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, Purdus University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA) ;
  • Kinam Park (Department of Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, Purdus University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA) ;
  • Published : 2001.07.01

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