Current Trends in Nanotheranostics: A Concise Review on Bioimaging and Smart Wearable Technology

Nanotheranostics. 2023 Mar 11;7(3):258-269. doi: 10.7150/ntno.82886. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

The area of interventional nanotheranostics combines the use of interventional procedures with nanotechnology for the detection and treatment of physiological disorders. Using catheters or endoscopes, for example, interventional techniques make use of minimally invasive approaches to diagnose and treat medical disorders. It is feasible to increase the precision of these approaches and potency by integrating nanotechnology. To visualize and target various parts of the body, such as tumors or obstructed blood veins, one can utilize nanoscale probes or therapeutic delivery systems. Interventional nanotheranostics offers targeted, minimally invasive therapies that can reduce side effects and enhance patient outcomes, and it has the potential to alter the way that many medical illnesses are handled. Clinical enrollment and implementation of such laboratory scale theranostics approach in medical practice is promising for the patients where the user can benefit by tracking its physiological state. This review aims to introduce the most recent advancements in the field of clinical imaging and diagnostic techniques as well as newly developed on-body wearable devices to deliver therapeutics and monitor its due alleviation in the biological milieu.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Nanomedicine* / methods
  • Nanotechnology
  • Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Precision Medicine
  • Theranostic Nanomedicine / methods