Potential of nanomedicine to cure conditions that are currently incurable
Published in Nanomachines Development, Nanomedicine.
Scientists at RMIT University say their new research advances the potential of nanomedicine to cure conditions that are currently incurable, such as dementia and motor neuron disease.
Their work explores how nanoparticles would interact with cells in humans and provides fundamental knowledge to help improve nanomedicine and develop the next generation of personalized biomedical technologies.
Nanoparticles open the door to technologies that could improve treatments and disease diagnosis for patients, according to the scientists.
One of the lead researchers, Dr. Aaron Elbourne, said nanoparticle technologies could ultimately improve drug delivery, cancer treatments, disease diagnostics and antimicrobials.
“Nanoparticles have been investigated as advanced nanomedicines, but they often miss the mark or fail to deliver their treatment to a specific location within the body,” said Elbourne, from the School of Science.
“The main challenge is to control how nanoparticles engage with cells to accurately deliver the medicine. This has been poorly understood until now, but our latest work offers a clearer picture of what is happening at that nano level.”
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-potential-nanomedicine-conditions-incurable.html