%0 Journal Article
%T Computer simulation of a novel pharmaceutical silicon nanocarrier
%A Saeed Soltani
%A Soroush Sardar
%A Sima Azadi Soror
%J Nanotechnology, Science and Applications
%D 2010
%I Dove Medical Press
%X Saeed Soltani, Soroush Sardari, Sima Azadi SororDrug Design and Bioinformatics Unit, Medical Biotechnology Department, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranAbstract: We show the potential of the nanosilicon structure of the frustules of a typical diatom, Cymatopleura sp., as a new vehicle for drugs. The basic diatom nanostructure is a lattice of SiO2, and computerized methods in a dock project have identified the most likely and the best drug types to load into such a structure.Keywords: diatom, docking, artificial neural network, simulation, computerized methods
%U http://www.dovepress.com/computer-simulation-of-a-novel-pharmaceutical-silicon-nanocarrier-a5661