title: Nanomedicine for global health.
abstract: Despite modern advances, a broad range of disorders such as cancer and infectious diseases continually afflict the global population. Novel therapeutics are continuously being explored to address these challenges. Therefore, scalable, effective, and safe therapies that are readily accessible to third-world countries are of major interest. In this article, we discuss the potential advantages that the nanomedicine field may harness toward successful implementation against some of the major diseases of our generation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Austin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ricky
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Dong-Keun
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Edward K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA Department of Bioengineering, UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA csikce@nus.edu.sg dean.ho@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000379:methods*
keywords: HIV/AIDS; cancer; drug delivery; global health; nanomedicine