title: Nanotechnological applications in medicine.
abstract: Nanotechnology-based tools and techniques are rapidly emerging in the fields of medical imaging and targeted drug delivery. Employing constructs such as dendrimers, liposomes, nanoshells, nanotubes, emulsions and quantum dots, these advances lead toward the concept of personalized medicine and the potential for very early, even pre-symptomatic, diagnoses coupled with highly-effective targeted therapy. Highlighting clinically available and preclinical applications, this review explores the opportunities and issues surrounding nanomedicine.
authors.affiliation: Consortium for Translational Research in Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, Campus Box 8215, St Louis, MO 63108-2212, USA. scaruthers@cmrl.wustl.edu <scaruthers@cmrl.wustl.edu>
authors.forename: Shelton D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Caruthers
authors.forename: Samuel A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wickline
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lanza
mesh_terms: D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000639:trends*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry; D045663:Quantum Dots
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations