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well as enabled delivery systems that can bypass the blood brain barrier in order to facilitate
conventional and novel neurotherapeutic interventions such as drug therapy, gene therapy,
and tissue regeneration.
7. Acknowledgment
We thank Tania Vazquez for editorial assistance; also we are grateful to E. Carro, G. Orive,
R.M. Hernandez and J.L. Pedraz for their kind help and collaboration. This work was
supported by grants from Xunta de Galicia (INCITE2009, 09CSA051905PR) and “Isidro
Parga Pondal” programme.
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