Nanomedicine: a new paradigm in diagnosis and therapy

S. Sridhar; M. Amiji; D. Shenoy; D. Nagesha; V. Weissig; W. Fu

doi:10.1117/12.634259

17 November 2005 Nanomedicine: a new paradigm in diagnosis and therapy

S. Sridhar, M. Amiji, D. Shenoy, D. Nagesha, V. Weissig, W. Fu

Proceedings Volume 6008, Nanosensing: Materials and Devices II; 600816 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.634259
Event: Optics East 2005, 2005, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Nanotechnology offers unique approaches to probe and control a variety of biological and medical processes that occur at nanometer length scales, and is expected to have a revolutionary impact on biology¹ and medicine². Nanomedicine is a new paradigm that seeks to exploit the use of nanotechnology in medicine. Among the various approaches within the nanomedicine paradigm, nanoparticles and nanotemplates offer some unique advantages as sensing, diagnostic, delivery, and image enhancement agents^3,4. Several varieties of nanoparticles⁵ are available: polymeric nanoparticles⁶, metal nanoparticles⁷, liposomes⁸, micelles, quantum dots, dendrimers, magnetic nanoparticles⁹, and nanoassemblies^10,11. All of these nanoparticles can play a major role in medicine, and especially in diagnosis and therapy of cancer^12,13,14, cardiovascular diseases, and infectious diseases. To further the application of nanoparticles in disease diagnosis and therapy, it is important that the systems are stable, capable of being functionalized, biocompatible, and directed to specific target sites in the body after systemic administration. In this short review we discuss four areas of research carried out by the Nanomedicine Consortium using nanoparticles and nanotemplates to explore new approaches in nanotechnology for medical diagnosis, imaging and therapy.

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S. Sridhar, M. Amiji, D. Shenoy, D. Nagesha, V. Weissig, and W. Fu "Nanomedicine: a new paradigm in diagnosis and therapy", Proc. SPIE 6008, Nanosensing: Materials and Devices II, 600816 (17 November 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.634259

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