Opportunities and challenges of carbon-based nanomaterials for cancer therapy

被引:98
作者
Bianco, Alberto [1 ]
Kostarelos, Kostas [2 ]
Prato, Maurizio [3 ]
机构
[1] CNRS, Inst Biol Mol & Cellulaire, UPR Immonul & Chim Therapeut 9021, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
[2] Univ London, Nanomed Lab, Ctr Drug Delivery Res, Sch Pharm, London, England
[3] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Sci Farmaceut, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
关键词
cancer therapy; carbon nanohorns; carbon nanotubes; drug delivery; nanodiamonds;
D O I
10.1517/17425247.5.3.331
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
The possibility of incorporating carbon-based nanomaterials into living systems has opened the way for the investigation of their potential applications in the emerging field of nanomedicine. A wide variety of different nanomaterials based on allotropic forms of carbon, such as nanotubes, nanohorns and nanodiamonds, are currently being explored towards different biomedical applications. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in the development of these novel nanomaterials for cancer therapy. A comparison between the characteristics, the advantages, the drawbacks, the benefits and the risks associated with these novel biocompatible forms of carbon is presented here.
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页码:331 / 342
页数:12
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