TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanotechnological applications in medicine
AU - Caruthers, Shelton D.
AU - Wickline, Samuel A.
AU - Lanza, Gregory M.
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Nanotechnology-based tools and techniques are rapidly emerging in the fields of medical imaging and targeted drug delivery. Employing constructs such as dendrimers, liposomes, nanoshells, nanotubes, emulsions and quantum dots, these advances lead toward the concept of personalized medicine and the potential for very early, even pre-symptomatic, diagnoses coupled with highly-effective targeted therapy. Highlighting clinically available and preclinical applications, this review explores the opportunities and issues surrounding nanomedicine.
AB - Nanotechnology-based tools and techniques are rapidly emerging in the fields of medical imaging and targeted drug delivery. Employing constructs such as dendrimers, liposomes, nanoshells, nanotubes, emulsions and quantum dots, these advances lead toward the concept of personalized medicine and the potential for very early, even pre-symptomatic, diagnoses coupled with highly-effective targeted therapy. Highlighting clinically available and preclinical applications, this review explores the opportunities and issues surrounding nanomedicine.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846867696&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.01.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17254762
AN - SCOPUS:33846867696
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 18
SP - 26
EP - 30
JO - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
JF - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
IS - 1
ER -