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ReviewAnnual review of biomedical engineering2013

Multifunctional nanoparticles for drug delivery and molecular imaging.

Gang Bao, Samir Mitragotri, Sheng Tong

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Review in Annual review of biomedical engineering, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers.

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133citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

133 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gang BaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. gang.bao@bme.gatech.edu
Samir Mitragotri
Sheng Tong

Funding

Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein MachinesPN2EY018244 · NEI · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI BAO, GANG · 2006 to 2015
$24.4M
NEI NIH HHS PN2 EY018244NEI NIH HHS PN2EY018244NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201000043C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in nanotechnology and growing needs in biomedical applications have driven the development of multifunctional nanoparticles. These nanoparticles, through nanocrystalline synthesis, advanced polymer processing, and coating and functionalization strategies, have the potential to integrate various functionalities, simultaneously providing (a) contrast for different imaging modalities, (b) targeted delivery of drug/gene, and (c) thermal therapies. Although still in its infancy, the field of multifunctional nanoparticles has shown great promise in emerging medical fields such as multimodal imaging, theranostics, and image-guided therapies. In this review, we summarize the techniques used in the synthesis of complex nanostructures, review the major forms of multifunctional nanoparticles that have emerged over the past few years, and provide a perceptual vision of this important field of nanomedicine.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsGoldHumansMetal NanoparticlesMolecular ImagingNanomedicineNanoparticlesNanotechnologyPhotoacoustic TechniquesPolymersQuantum DotsSolventsBiocompatible MaterialsGoldPolymersSolvents

Identifiers

PMID23642243
PMCPMC6186172

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