title: Recent progress in nanomedicine: therapeutic, diagnostic and theranostic applications.
abstract: In recent years, the use of nanomedicine formulations for therapeutic and diagnostic applications has increased exponentially. Many different systems and strategies have been developed for drug targeting to pathological sites, as well as for visualizing and quantifying important (patho-) physiological processes. In addition, ever more efforts have been undertaken to combine diagnostic and therapeutic properties within a single nanomedicine formulation. These so-called nanotheranostics are able to provide valuable information on drug delivery, drug release and drug efficacy, and they are considered to be highly useful for personalizing nanomedicine-based (chemo-) therapeutic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Molecular Imaging, University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH - Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Larissa Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Theek
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Storm
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kiessling
authors.forename: Twan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lammers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000379:methods