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Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives
Healthcare, as a basic human right, has often become the focus of the development of innovative technologies. Technological progress has significantly contributed to the provision of high-quality, on-time, acceptable, and affordable healthcare. Advancements in nanoscience have led to the emergence o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8401281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34451803 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14080707 |
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author | Anjum, Sumaira Ishaque, Sara Fatima, Hijab Farooq, Wajiha Hano, Christophe Abbasi, Bilal Haider Anjum, Iram |
author_facet | Anjum, Sumaira Ishaque, Sara Fatima, Hijab Farooq, Wajiha Hano, Christophe Abbasi, Bilal Haider Anjum, Iram |
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description | Healthcare, as a basic human right, has often become the focus of the development of innovative technologies. Technological progress has significantly contributed to the provision of high-quality, on-time, acceptable, and affordable healthcare. Advancements in nanoscience have led to the emergence of a new generation of nanostructures. Each of them has a unique set of properties that account for their astonishing applications. Since its inception, nanotechnology has continuously affected healthcare and has exerted a tremendous influence on its transformation, contributing to better outcomes. In the last two decades, the world has seen nanotechnology taking steps towards its omnipresence and the process has been accelerated by extensive research in various healthcare sectors. The inclusion of nanotechnology and its allied nanocarriers/nanosystems in medicine is known as nanomedicine, a field that has brought about numerous benefits in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Various nanosystems have been found to be better candidates for theranostic purposes, in contrast to conventional ones. This review paper will shed light on medically significant nanosystems, as well as their applications and limitations in areas such as gene therapy, targeted drug delivery, and in the treatment of cancer and various genetic diseases. Although nanotechnology holds immense potential, it is yet to be exploited. More efforts need to be directed to overcome these limitations and make full use of its potential in order to revolutionize the healthcare sector in near future. |
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spelling | pubmed-84012812021-08-29 Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives Anjum, Sumaira Ishaque, Sara Fatima, Hijab Farooq, Wajiha Hano, Christophe Abbasi, Bilal Haider Anjum, Iram Pharmaceuticals (Basel) Review Healthcare, as a basic human right, has often become the focus of the development of innovative technologies. Technological progress has significantly contributed to the provision of high-quality, on-time, acceptable, and affordable healthcare. Advancements in nanoscience have led to the emergence of a new generation of nanostructures. Each of them has a unique set of properties that account for their astonishing applications. Since its inception, nanotechnology has continuously affected healthcare and has exerted a tremendous influence on its transformation, contributing to better outcomes. In the last two decades, the world has seen nanotechnology taking steps towards its omnipresence and the process has been accelerated by extensive research in various healthcare sectors. The inclusion of nanotechnology and its allied nanocarriers/nanosystems in medicine is known as nanomedicine, a field that has brought about numerous benefits in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Various nanosystems have been found to be better candidates for theranostic purposes, in contrast to conventional ones. This review paper will shed light on medically significant nanosystems, as well as their applications and limitations in areas such as gene therapy, targeted drug delivery, and in the treatment of cancer and various genetic diseases. Although nanotechnology holds immense potential, it is yet to be exploited. More efforts need to be directed to overcome these limitations and make full use of its potential in order to revolutionize the healthcare sector in near future. MDPI 2021-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8401281/ /pubmed/34451803 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14080707 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Anjum, Sumaira Ishaque, Sara Fatima, Hijab Farooq, Wajiha Hano, Christophe Abbasi, Bilal Haider Anjum, Iram Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives |
title | Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives |
title_full | Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives |
title_fullStr | Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives |
title_short | Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology in Healthcare Systems: Grand Challenges and Perspectives |
title_sort | emerging applications of nanotechnology in healthcare systems: grand challenges and perspectives |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8401281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34451803 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14080707 |
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