Applications
Nanotechnologies for therapeutics and diagnosis

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Nanotechnologies for therapeutics and diagnosis

Authors : Christine VAUTHIER, Patrick COUVREUR

Publication date: October 10, 2008, Review date: December 6, 2016 | Lire en français

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3. Applications

3.1 Therapy tools

  • The field of nanotechnology applications in therapeutics is particularly vast . It covers the vast majority of severe diseases such as cancers, severe infections of bacterial, viral or parasitic origin, metabolic (diabetes, osteoporosis), autoimmune, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. The vast majority of applications concern curative treatment methods, but nanotechnologies can also be used in the context of vaccine approaches.

    Not all treatments justify the use of vectorization techniques. The development of a vector and its application for therapeutic purposes can be envisaged when the active ingredient presents difficulties in being administered in a conventional galenic form (injectable,...

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