title: Recent advances in benefits and hazards of engineered nanoparticles.
abstract: Over recent decades, engineered nanoparticles are increasingly produced as the result of the rapid development in nanotechnology. They are currently used in a wide range of industrial and public sectors including healthcare, agriculture, transport, energy, materials, and information and communication technologies. As the result, an increasing concern has been raised over the potential impacts of engineered nanoparticles to human health. In the light of this, it is the purpose of the present review to discuss: (1) novel properties of engineered nanoparticles particularly in biomedical sciences, (2) most recently reported adverse effects of manufactured nanoparticles on human health and (3) different aspects of toxicological risk assessment of these nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt. khaledradad@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radad
authors.forename: Mubarak
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Shraim
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moldzio
authors.forename: Wolf-Dieter
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Rausch
mesh_terms: D002616:Chemical Engineering; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006801:Humans; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D053758:Nanoparticles; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018675:Toxicity Tests
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D015386:Hazardous Substances