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Magnetic drug delivery and targeting: principles and applications.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20208962     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Nanomaterials are at the leading edge of the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology. Magnetic nanoparticles for cancer therapy and diagnosis have been developed on the basis of their unique physico-chemical properties not present in other materials. Their versatility is widely exploited in such diverse techniques as cell and macromolecule separation and purification, immunoassays, targeted drug delivery, controlled material release, electromagnetic hyperthermia, gene therapy, or magnetic resonance imaging. In this review we concentrate on the physical principles of magnetic drug targeting and biomedical applications of this technique. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined several databases, PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, and Scopus, for the period 1985-2009, with specific attention to studies that used targeting of magnetic nanoparticles especially in the therapy and diagnostics of tumors. We have also presented several of our own results on theoretical simulations of magnetic particle motion in external magnetic field. CONCLUSIONS: We found growing number of published papers in this field of nanomedicine, showing the almost unlimited potential of magnetic nanoparticles in the field of experimental and clinical oncology.
Authors:
Melania Babincova; Peter Babinec
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palack?, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia     Volume:  153     ISSN:  1213-8118     ISO Abbreviation:  Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-08     Completed Date:  2010-05-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101140142     Medline TA:  Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub     Country:  Czech Republic    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  243-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina F1, Bratislava, Slovakia. babincova@fmph.uniba.sk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Computer Simulation
Drug Delivery Systems*
Ferric Compounds / diagnostic use,  therapeutic use
Finite Element Analysis
Magnetics*
Metal Nanoparticles
Nanomedicine*
Nanoparticles
Neoplasms / diagnosis,  drug therapy
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Ferric Compounds

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