Emerging Trends in Micro- and Nanoscale Technologies in Medicine: From Basic Discoveries to Translation
We discuss the state of the art and innovative micro- and nanoscale technologies that are finding niches and opening up new opportunities in medicine, particularly in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. We take the design of point-of-care applications and the capture of circulating tumor cells...
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119496 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-7956 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-3351 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7232-304X https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2944-808X |
| Summary: | We discuss the state of the art and innovative micro- and nanoscale technologies that are finding niches and opening up new opportunities in medicine, particularly in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. We take the design of point-of-care applications and the capture of circulating tumor cells as illustrative examples of the integration of micro- and nanotechnologies into solutions of diagnostic challenges. We describe several novel nanotechnologies that enable imaging cellular structures and molecular events. In therapeutics, we describe the utilization of micro- and nanotechnologies in applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering, and pharmaceutical development/testing. In addition, we discuss relevant challenges that micro- and nanotechnologies face in achieving cost-effective and widespread clinical implementation as well as forecasted applications of micro- and nanotechnologies in medicine. |
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