The Advances and Biomedical Applications of Imageable Nanomaterials

Xiaohong Xiang; Doudou Shi; Jianbo Gao

doi:10.3389/fbioe.2022.914105

The Advances and Biomedical Applications of Imageable Nanomaterials

Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022 Jul 5:10:914105. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.914105. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xiaohong Xiang¹, Doudou Shi², Jianbo Gao¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Yan'an University, Yan'an, China.

Abstract

Nanomedicine shows great potential in screening, diagnosing and treating diseases. However, given the limitations of current technology, detection of some smaller lesions and drugs' dynamic monitoring still need to be improved. With the advancement of nanotechnology, researchers have produced various nanomaterials with imaging capabilities which have shown great potential in biomedical research. Here, we summarized the researches based on the characteristics of imageable nanomaterials, highlighted the advantages and biomedical applications of imageable nanomaterials in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and discussed current challenges and prospects.

Keywords: advantages; biomedical applications; characteristic; imageable; nanomaterials.

Publication types

Review