Nanotechnology in drug delivery and tissue engineering: from discovery to applications.
The application of nanotechnology in medicine, referred to as nanomedicine, is offering numerous exciting possibilities in healthcare. Herein, we discuss two important aspects of nanomedicine, drug delivery and tissue engineering, highlighting the advances we have recently experienced, the challenges we are currently facing, and what we are likely to witness in the near future.
Shi
Jinjun
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MIT-Harvard Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Biomaterials, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Votruba
Alexander R
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Farokhzad
Omid C
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Langer
Robert
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D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D036103:Nanotechnology; D023822:Tissue Engineering