Nanobiomechanical analysis of stem cell-based tissue engineered bone

✍ Scribed by G. Pelled; K. Tai; D. Sheyn; Y. Zilberman; C. Ortiz; D. Gazit

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 181 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1549-9634
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2005.09.015

✦ Synopsis

molding or etching, top-down approach, or by assembling structures atom-by-atom or molecule-by-molecule, bottom-up approach. The use of nano-size particles and systems to detect and treat diseases at the molecular level will play a critical role in developing new drugs and treatment methods. It is envisioned that nanodevices will be hybrids of biological molecules and synthetic polymers that can enter cells and the organelles to interact directly with DNA and proteins. Nanoscale drug delivery systems will have a significant impact on the key challenges -localized drug delivery and specific targeting-in many therapeutic approaches. In this talk, a variety of drug delivery systems, technologies, materials, and some of the most promising developments such as quantum dots, nanowires, nanotubes, nanocantilevers and nanopores, nanoshells and nanoparticles will be discussed.