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Nanomedicine Magic Bullet for Human Cancer

Nanomedicine Magic Bullet for Human Cancer

Srinivas Patnaik
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781522505495|ISBN10: 1522505490|EISBN13: 9781522506386
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0549-5.ch014
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Patnaik, Srinivas. "Nanomedicine Magic Bullet for Human Cancer." Oncology: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 382-407. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0549-5.ch014

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Patnaik, S. (2017). Nanomedicine Magic Bullet for Human Cancer. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Oncology: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 382-407). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0549-5.ch014

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Patnaik, Srinivas. "Nanomedicine Magic Bullet for Human Cancer." In Oncology: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 382-407. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0549-5.ch014

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Abstract

Nanotechnology is the new tool that has changed healthcare, engineering, and space science. The technology involves nanoparticles that are effectively a bridge between bulk materials and atomic or molecular structures. The properties of materials change its surface plasmon resonance in metals, supermagnetism in magnetic materials as their size approaches to nanoscale. Taking in to account of their small sizes (less than 100nm) and their miraculous properties, unlike their precursor bulk material, nanoparticles are exploited to create new diagnostics and therapeutics with respect to several human diseases. Nanomedicine is generating a new generation of innovative revolution in nanoscale drug delivery strategies, site-specific drug delivery, and personalized therapy in cancer by releasing the drug at a specific site. This chapter discusses the evolution of nanomedicine to several advancements in the field of nanoparticle technologies, targeting and controlled release strategies, with the desire of generating robust and efficient nanotherapeutic tools against cancer.

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