Biocompatible astaxanthin as a novel marine-oriented agent for dual chemo-photothermal therapy

• Van Phuc Nguyen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Van Phuc Nguyen, Sung Won Kim

  Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

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• Sung Won Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Van Phuc Nguyen, Sung Won Kim

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Hanna Kim,

  Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

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• Hyejin Kim,

  Affiliation Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

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• Kwang Hyuk Seok,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Min Jung Jung,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea

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• Yeh-chan Ahn,

  Affiliations Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Marine-Integrated Biomedical Technology (BK 21 Plus), Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

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• Hyun Wook Kang

  * E-mail: wkang@pukyong.ac.kr

  Affiliations Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Marine-Integrated Biomedical Technology (BK 21 Plus), Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

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