Mechanisms of Nanotoxicology and the Important Role of Alternative Testing Strategies

Yuan-Hua Wu; Sheng-Yow Ho; Bour-Jr Wang; Ying-Jan Wang

doi:10.3390/ijms23158204

Mechanisms of Nanotoxicology and the Important Role of Alternative Testing Strategies

Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jul 26;23(15):8204. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158204.

Authors

Yuan-Hua Wu¹, Sheng-Yow Ho^{2

3}, Bour-Jr Wang^{4

5}, Ying-Jan Wang^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 736, Taiwan.
³ Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 711, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Cosmetic Science and Institute of Cosmetic Science, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan 71710, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 70403, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.

Abstract

Recently, rapid advances in nanotechnology have provided a lot of opportunities for the mass production of engineered nanomaterials of various types of chemicals, including metals and nonmetals, promoting the development of a new generation of industrial and commercial products and the field of nanomedicine [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Nanomedicine
Nanostructures* / toxicity
Nanotechnology*

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.