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Nanomedicine: Therapeutic Applications and Limitations
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Author(s): Roy Gaurab (National Center for Cell Science (NCCS) – Pune, India), Shetti Dattatrya (National Center for Cell Science (NCCS) – Pune, India), Yadav Amit (National Center for Cell Science (NCCS) – Pune, India)and Kundu Gopal C (National Center for Cell Science (NCCS) – Pune, India)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 26
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Handbook of Research on Diverse Applications of Nanotechnology in Biomedicine, Chemistry, and Engineering
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shivani Soni (Alabama State University, USA), Amandeep Salhotra (City of Hope National Medical Center, USA)and Mrutyunjay Suar (KIIT University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6363-3.ch005
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Abstract
Nanomedicine, an offshoot of nanotechnology, is considered as one of the most promising technologies of the 21st century. Due to their minute size, nanomedicines can easily target difficult-to-reach sites with improved solubility and bioavailability and reduced adverse effects. They also act as versatile delivery systems, carrying both chemotherapeutics and imaging agents to targeted sites. Hence, nanomedicine can be used to achieve the same therapeutic effect at smaller doses than their conventional counterparts and can offer impressive resolutions for various life-threatening diseases. Although certain issues have been raised about the potential toxicities of nanomaterials, it is anticipated that the advances in nanomedicine will furnish clarifications to many of modern medicine's unsolved problems. This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive and contemporary survey of various nanomedicine products along with the major risks and side effects associated with the nanoparticles.
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