Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Reichardt, Niels-Christian
• Martín-Lomas, Manuel
• Penadés, Soledad

Titel

Opportunities for glyconanomaterials in personalized medicine

Ist Teil von

• Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 2016-11, Vol.52 (92), p.1343-13439

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this feature article we discuss the particular relevance of glycans as components or targets of functionalized nanoparticles (NPs) for potential applications in personalized medicine but we will not enter into descriptions for their preparation. For a more general view covering the preparation and applications of glyconanomaterials the reader is referred to a number of recent reviews. The combination of glyco- and nanotechnology is already providing promising new tools for more personalized solutions to diagnostics and therapy. Current applications relevant to personalized medicine include drug targeting, localized radiation therapy, imaging of glycan expression of cancer cells, point of care diagnostics, cancer vaccines, photodynamic therapy, biosensors, and glycoproteomics. This feature article discusses how the functionalisation of nanomaterials with glycans will facilitate their application in personalized medicine.