Nanomaterials in Human Health Care

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  • P. A. Chandrasekharan
  • Suresh Kumar
چکیده

Nanomaterials are similar in scale to biologic molecules and systems and therefore they can be engineered to have various functions potentially useful for medical applications. Nanomaterials are at the leading edge of the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology. Their unique size-dependent properties make them potential candidates for health care activities in this article a brief report is presented about the properties of nanomaterials and their utility in diagnosis and therapy of diseases coming in the way of human health. The application of nanomaterials for stem cell treatment in due course time is also mentioned.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015