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Applications of Nanomaterials in Medicine: Current Status and Future Scope

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Abstract

Nanomaterials have proven to be advantageous in numerous frontier areas due to their use in fabrication of smarter products. Currently, the conventional approaches employed for drug release, imaging, as well as therapy warrant improvements. Nanomaterials offer exciting opportunities in medicine on account of their exceptional size-dependent characteristics. Research studies have revealed that nanomaterials can augment drug targeting capacities, bioavailability and biocompatibility. Moreover, nanomaterials have also been revealed to exhibit promising applications in imaging techniques as high contrast agents with improved permeability and tissue retention. Nanomaterials have also been vastly explored in detection and treatment of critical ailments viz. cancer and cardiovascular diseases among others. Considering the plethora of applications of nanomaterials in medicine, the current chapter aims to discuss two aspects of nanomaterials: first, we aim to highlight the scope of using nanomaterials in modern medicine as potent intervention tools in the treatment of varied diseases, and second, we review the possible environmental consequences of their medicinal application.

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Kakodkar, S., Dhawal, P., Kadam, J. (2023). Applications of Nanomaterials in Medicine: Current Status and Future Scope. In: Kulkarni, S., Haghi, A.K., Manwatkar, S. (eds) Novel Technologies in Biosystems, Biomedical & Drug Delivery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5281-6_4

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