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Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1568-0266
ISSN (Online): 1873-4294

Metal Based Frameworks for Drug Delivery Systems

Author(s): Roxana Cristina Popescu and Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu

Volume 15, Issue 15, 2015

Page: [1532 - 1542] Pages: 11

DOI: 10.2174/1568026615666150414145323

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Abstract

The attention for gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has recently grown, especially regarding its applications in biomedicine, like cancer treatment and immunization by nano-vaccines. The interest for this type of nanoparticles is given by their ability to penetrate blood vessels and tissue barriers and to be targeted to a specific cell by means of specifically functionalized molecules. Moreover, AuNPs posses special properties which make them useful in concomitant diagnostic by medical imaging and tumor ablation by means of photothermal activation.

Keywords: AuNPs, Cancer, Drug delivery systems, Immunization, Vaccine.

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