| Literature DB >> 26598694 |
Ester J Kwon1, Justin H Lo2, Sangeeta N Bhatia3.
Abstract
Nanoparticle technologies intended for human administration must be designed to interact with, and ideally leverage, a living host environment. Here, we describe smart nanosystems classified in two categories: (i) those that sense the host environment and respond and (ii) those that first prime the host environment to interact with engineered nanoparticles. Smart nanosystems have the potential to produce personalized diagnostic and therapeutic schema by using the local environment to drive material behavior and ultimately improve human health.Entities:
Keywords: cancer nanotechnology; environment-responsive; host priming; nanosystems; smart nanomaterials
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26598694 PMCID: PMC4664363 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508522112
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205