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Promising methods for noninvasive medical diagnosis based on the use of nanoparticles: surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy in the study of cells, cell organelles and neurotransmitter metabolism markers

Goodilin EA1,2, Semenova AA2, Eremina OE1, Brazhe NA3, Goodilinа EA4, Danzanova TYu4, Maksimov GV3, Veselova IA1
About authors

1 Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow

2 Faculty of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow

3 Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow

4 Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow

Correspondence should be addressed: Eugene А. Goodilin
Leninskie gory, 1 bl. 3, Moscow, 119992; ur.xednay@nilidoog

About paper

Funding: this work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant 14-13-00871).

Acknowledgments: the authors wish to thank Professor Chekhonin VP, who graciously agreed to collaborate on this project, Nickelsparg E. for her assistance in preparing the figures for the manuscript, and Professor Sinukova GT for the fruitful discussion of contrast-enhanced ultrasound diagnostics.

Received: 2018-07-20 Accepted: 2018-08-19 Published online: 2018-12-26
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