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This chapter aims to give insight into the successes, challenges, and opportunities of magnetic nanoparticles for bio-applications. It reviews their general requirements and how they can be met by different synthesis methods and characterization techniques. It then focuses on examples of applications such as magnetic cell separation, magnetic detection (including imaging), and magnetic particle-based therapies, such as hyperthermia, magneto-mechanical destruction of tumors, localized drug delivery, and tissue engineering. We hope to guide the reader interested in applied research of magnetic nanoparticles through an exciting collection of investigations on their application in the life sciences.

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The authors sincerely thank R. B. Goldfarb, J. A. Blanco, and P. Gorria for fruitful discussions and valuable suggestions. The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness with grants MAT2017-84959-C2-1-R and RTI2018-094683-B-C52, the Principality of Asturias with project IDI/2018/000185 and the University of Oviedo with PAPI-18-EMERG-8/2018/00061/008. M. Salvador thanks the Council of Gijon/IUTA, University of Oviedo, and the Principality of Asturias for their pre-doctoral grants (SV-20-GIJON-1-22 and PA-20-PF-BP19-141), the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and Banco Santander for grant CEI15-24.

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Salvador, M., Martínez-García, J.C., Fernández-García, M.P., Blanco-López, M.C., Rivas, M. (2021). Biological and Medical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles. In: Franco, V., Dodrill, B. (eds) Magnetic Measurement Techniques for Materials Characterization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70443-8_26

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