A promising road with challenges: Where are gold nanoparticles in translational research?

Nanomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2353-2370

  Bao, Chenchen ^a   Conde, João ^b   Polo, Ester ^c   Del Pino, Pablo ^d   Moros, Maria ^e   Baptista, Pedro V ^f   Grazu, Valeria ^e   Cui, Daxiang ^a   De La Fuente, Jesus M ^a,e  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d CIC BIOMAGUNE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biomedical diagnostics; gold nanoparticles; nanomedicine; translational research

Indexed keywords

DNA; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOROD; NANOSHELL; RNA; THERANOSTICS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; IMMUNOSENSOR; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOFABRICATION; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSENSOR; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84912100847     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.14.155     Document Type: Review

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