TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanodevices in diagnostics
AU - Hu, Ye
AU - Fine, Daniel H.
AU - Tasciotti, Ennio
AU - Bouamrani, Ali
AU - Ferrari, Mauro
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - The real-time, personalized and highly sensitive early-stage diagnosis of disease remains an important challenge in modern medicine. With the ability to interact with matter at the nanoscale, the development of nanotechnology architectures and materials could potentially extend subcellular and molecular detection beyond the limits of conventional diagnostic modalities. At the very least, nanotechnology should be able to dramatically accelerate biomarker discovery, as well as facilitate disease monitoring, especially of maladies presenting a high degree of molecular and compositional heterogeneity. This article gives an overview of several of the most promising nanodevices and nanomaterials along with their applications in clinical practice. Significant work to adapt nanoscale materials and devices to clinical applications involving large interdisciplinary collaborations is already underway with the potential for nanotechnology to become an important enabling diagnostic technology.
AB - The real-time, personalized and highly sensitive early-stage diagnosis of disease remains an important challenge in modern medicine. With the ability to interact with matter at the nanoscale, the development of nanotechnology architectures and materials could potentially extend subcellular and molecular detection beyond the limits of conventional diagnostic modalities. At the very least, nanotechnology should be able to dramatically accelerate biomarker discovery, as well as facilitate disease monitoring, especially of maladies presenting a high degree of molecular and compositional heterogeneity. This article gives an overview of several of the most promising nanodevices and nanomaterials along with their applications in clinical practice. Significant work to adapt nanoscale materials and devices to clinical applications involving large interdisciplinary collaborations is already underway with the potential for nanotechnology to become an important enabling diagnostic technology.
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U2 - 10.1002/wnan.82
DO - 10.1002/wnan.82
M3 - Literature review
C2 - 20229595
AN - SCOPUS:78650651462
SN - 1939-5116
VL - 3
SP - 11
EP - 32
JO - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
JF - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
IS - 1
ER -