Open AccessNanomedicines: Recent Progress, Impact and Challenges in Applications
Author(s) -
Aditi Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2021.23350
Subject(s) - nanomedicine , nanotechnology , nanotoxicology , drug delivery , cancer therapy , applications of nanotechnology , human health , cancer , medicine , nanoparticle , materials science , environmental health
The ultra-fine size of nanoparticles gives them a unique material characteristics, such as remarkablyvast surface area and high mobility or diffusibility in free state. They can be classified as hard or soft,depending upon the composition. Nanoparticles have proven to be highly promising in medicine,giving rise to a new field of study, nanomedicine. This rapidly evolving and upcoming branch ofmedicine is the study of nanomaterials and nanotechnology used for diagnosis, treatment and preventionof diseases. The review presented here summarizes the applications of nanotechnology in the field ofmedicine i.e. nanomedicine, specifically in diagnostics and drug delivery systems. It broadly coversnanotherapeutics with special focus on cancer, nanoformulations for drug delivery in biological systems,nanoimaging for diagnostics of life threatening diseases like cancer, CVD, neurodegenerative diseasesand nanotoxicity on human health and concerns for environment safety.