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Exosomes and MicroRNAs in Biomedical Science

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  1. Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

    Hamed Mirzaei

  2. Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran

    Neda Rahimian

  3. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Hamid Reza Mirzaei

  4. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Javid Sadri Nahand

  5. University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein, 2028, South Africa

    Michael R. Hamblin

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Mirzaei, H., Rahimian, N., Mirzaei, H.R., Nahand, J.S., Hamblin, M.R. (2022). MicroRNA Biogenesis and Function. In: Exosomes and MicroRNAs in Biomedical Science. Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-79177-2_1

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