Abstract
Future innovation in nanomedicine is expected, in the next 10 years, to deliver solutions to many challenging problems faced by modern medicine in diagnostics and medical imaging of cancer, 1 theranostics, 2, 3 pharmaceuticals, 4 and regenerative medicine.5, 6 To accelerate such process, there is the need to overcome some bottlenecks such as toxicity, 7 biocompatibility, 8 pharmacoefcacy, 4, 9 and life-cycle assessment10, 11 of the engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) or engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) used as nanocarriers, nanovectors, or probes. Therefore, effective translation from research into industrial, clinical, marketable products is not going to happen until essential effort is invested into the comprehensive environmental, health, and safety characterization and assessment of the ENMs/ENPs to be used.10.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Nanotoxicology |
Subtitle of host publication | Progress toward Nanomedicine |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 155-176 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781482203929 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781482203875 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Medicine
- General Engineering
- General Materials Science