Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Szymański, Paweł
• Frączek, Tomasz
• Markowicz, Magdalena
• Mikiciuk-Olasik, Elżbieta

Titel

Development of copper based drugs, radiopharmaceuticals and medical materials

Ist Teil von

• Biometals, 2012-12, Vol.25 (6), p.1089-1112

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

SpringerLink

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Copper is one of the most interesting elements for various biomedical applications. Copper compounds show vast array of biological actions, including anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, biocidal and other. It also offers a selection of radioisotopes, suitable for nuclear imaging and radiotherapy. Quick progress in nanotechnology opened new possibilities for design of copper based drugs and medical materials. To date, copper has not found many uses in medicine, but number of ongoing research, as well as preclinical and clinical studies, will most likely lead to many novel applications of copper in the near future.