Nano–Bio Interactions: Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology

Nanomedicine and nanotoxicology: the pros and cons for neurodegeneration and brain cancer.

Current strategies for brain diseases are mostly symptomatic and noncurative. Nanotechnology has the potential to facilitate the transport of drugs across the blood-brain barrier and to enhance their pharmacokinetic profile. However, to reach clinical application, an understanding of nanoneurotoxicity in terms of oxidative stress and inflammation is required. Emerging evidence has also shown th...

Nanotoxicology

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Provide scientific knowledge regarding handling and application of Nano particles in medicine. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In recent years Nano-structure materials have been attractive to the world of science and technology for their...

Health, Medicine & Nanobio

Nanotechnology, nanotoxicology, and neuroscience.

Nanotechnology, which deals with features as small as a 1 billionth of a meter, began to enter into mainstream physical sciences and engineering some 20 years ago. Recent applications of nanoscience include the use of nanoscale materials in electronics, catalysis, and biomedical research. Among these applications, strong interest has been shown to biological processes such as blood coagulation ...

Nanobio silver: its interactions with peptides and bacteria, and its uses in medicine.

Silver, known in metallic form since antiquity, has very early been recognized by mankind for its antimicrobial properties, a phenomenon observed, for example, in the context of drinking water (a silver coin in a well), food (silver cutlery, water storage recipients), and medicine (silver skull plates, teeth). Silver compounds were also shown to be useful. For example, dilute solutions of silve...