title: Nanotechnology in urology.
abstract: Nanomedicine is a new distinct scientific discipline that explores applications of nanoscale materials for various biomedical applications. Translational nanomedicine is undergoing rapid transition from development and evaluation in laboratory animals to clinical practices. In the future, it is anticipated that nanotechnology can provide urologists a new point of view to understand the mechanism of disease, tools for early diagnosis of the disease, and effective modality for treatment. This article summarizes some of the emerging applications of nanomedicine in urology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Shihua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Labhasetwar
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004337:Drug Carriers; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine; D049329:Nanostructures; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers