Diverse applications of nanomedicine

Beatriz Pelaz, Christoph Alexiou, Ramon A Alvarez-Puebla, Frauke Alves, Anne M Andrews, Sumaira Ashraf, Lajos P Balogh, Laura Ballerini, Alessandra Bestetti, Cornelia Brendel, Susanna Bosi, Monica Carril, Warren CW Chan, Chunying Chen, Xiaodong Chen, Xiaoyuan Chen, Zhen Cheng, Daxiang Cui, Jianzhong Du, Christian Dullin, Alberto Escudero, Neus Feliu, Mingyuan Gao, Michael George, Yury Gogotsi, Arnold Grunweller, Zhongwei Gu, Naomi J Halas, Norbert Hampp, Roland K Hartmann, Mark C Hersam, Patrick Hunziker, Ji Jian, Xingyu Jiang, Philipp Jungebluth, Pranav Kadhiresan, Kazunori Kataoka, Ali Khademhosseini, Jindrich Kopecek, Nicholas A Kotov, Harald F Krug, Dong Soo Lee, Claus-Michael Lehr, Kam W Leong, Xing-Jie Liang, Mei Ling Lim, Luis M Liz-Marzán, Xiaowei Ma, Paolo Macchiarini, Huan Meng, Helmuth Mohwald, Paul Mulvaney, Andre E Nel, Shuming Nie, Peter Nordlander, Teruo Okano, Jose Oliveira, Tai Hyun Park, Reginald M Penner, Maurizio Prato, Victor Puntes, Vincent M Rotello, Amila Samarakoon, Raymond E Schaak, Youqing Shen, Sebastian Sjoqvist, Andre G Skirtach, Mahmoud G Soliman, Molly M Stevens, Hsing-Wen Sung, Ben Zhong Tang, Rainer Tietze, Buddhisha N Udugama, J Scott VanEpps, Tanja Weil, Paul S Weiss, Itamar Willner, Yuzhou Wu, Lily Yang, Zhao Yue, Qian Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Xian-En Zhang, Yuliang Zhao, Xin Zhou, Wolfgang J Parak

ACS Nano 2017, 11, 3, 2313–2381 | DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06040

Abstract

The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine spans a multitude of areas, including drug delivery, vaccine development, antibacterial, diagnosis and imaging tools, wearable devices, implants, high-throughput screening platforms, etc. using biological, nonbiological, biomimetic, or hybrid materials. Many of these developments are starting to be translated into viable clinical products. Here, we provide an overview of recent developments in nanomedicine and highlight the current challenges and upcoming opportunities for the field and translation to the clinic.