Emerging Advances in Nanotheranostics with Intelligent Bioresponsive Systems

Junqing Wang; Wei Tao; Xiaoyuan Chen; Omid C Farokhzad; Gang Liu

doi:10.7150/thno.21317

Emerging Advances in Nanotheranostics with Intelligent Bioresponsive Systems

Theranostics. 2017 Sep 5;7(16):3915-3919. doi: 10.7150/thno.21317. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Junqing Wang¹, Wei Tao², Xiaoyuan Chen³, Omid C Farokhzad², Gang Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
² Center for Nanomedicine and Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
³ Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.

Abstract

The confluence of therapeutics and diagnostics based on the advantages of nanotechnology offers significant opportunities for personalized and precision medicine. Intelligent nanotheranostics based on bioresponsive systems have recently emerged and offer the promise of high specificity and efficiency via "on-demand" activation of both therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nanoparticles / chemistry
Nanotechnology / trends*
Publications
Theranostic Nanomedicine / trends*