Nanomaterials for detection of biomolecules and delivering therapeutic agents in theragnosis: A review

Int J Biol Macromol. 2024 Jan;254(Pt 2):127904. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127904. Epub 2023 Nov 6.

Abstract

Nanomaterials are emerging facts used to deliver therapeutic agents in living systems. Nanotechnology is used as a compliment by implementing different kinds of nanotechnological applications such as nano-porous structures, functionalized nanomaterials, quantum dots, carbon nanomaterials, and polymeric nanostructures. The applications are in the initial stage, which led to achieving several diagnoses and therapy in clinical practice. This review conveys the importance of nanomaterials in post-genomic employment, which includes the design of immunosensors, immune assays, and drug delivery. In this view, genomics is a molecular tool containing large databases that are useful in choosing an apt molecular inhibitor such as drug, ligand and antibody target in the drug delivery process. This study identifies the expression of genes and proteins in analysis and classification of diseases. Experimentally, the study analyses the design of a disease model. In particular, drug delivery is a boon area to treat cancer. The identified drugs enter different phase trails (Trails I, II, and III). The genomic information conveys more essential entities to the phase I trials and helps to move further for other trails such as trails-II and III. In such cases, the biomarkers play a crucial role by monitoring the unique pathological process. Genetic engineering with recombinant DNA techniques can be employed to develop genetically engineered disease models. Delivering drugs in a specific area is one of the challenging issues achieved using nanoparticles. Therefore, genomics is considered as a vast molecular tool to identify drugs in personalized medicine for cancer therapy.

Keywords: Biomolecule detection; Cancer therapy; Drug; Nanomaterial; Theragnosis; Therapeutic agent.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques* / methods
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay
  • Nanostructures* / chemistry
  • Nanostructures* / therapeutic use
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations