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Enabling nanomaterial, nanofabrication and cellular technologies for nanoneuromedicines
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
  • Surya K. Mallapragada, Iowa State University
  • Timothy M. Brenza, Iowa State University
  • JoEllyn M. McMillan, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University
  • Donald S. Sakaguchi, Iowa State University
  • Anup D. Sharma, Iowa State University
  • Svitlana Zbarska, Iowa State University
  • Howard E. Gendelman, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
4-1-2015
DOI
10.1016/j.nano.2014.12.013
Abstract
Nanoparticulate delivery systems represent an area of particular promise for nanoneuromedicines. They possess significant potential for desperately needed therapies designed to combat a range of disorders associated with aging. As such, the field was selected as the focus for the 2014 meeting of the American Society for Nanomedicine. Regenerative, protective, immune modulatory, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory products, or imaging agents are readily encapsulated in or conjugated to nanoparticles and as such facilitate the delivery of drug payloads to specific action sites across the blood-brain barrier. Diagnostic imaging serves to precisely monitor disease onset and progression while neural stem cell replacement can regenerate damaged tissue through control of stem cell fates. These, taken together, can improve disease burden and limit systemic toxicities. Such enabling technologies serve to protect the nervous system against a broad range of degenerative, traumatic, metabolic, infectious and immune disorders.
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This article is from Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 11 (2015): 715, doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2014.12.013. Posted with permission.

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Surya K. Mallapragada, Timothy M. Brenza, JoEllyn M. McMillan, Balaji Narasimhan, et al.. "Enabling nanomaterial, nanofabrication and cellular technologies for nanoneuromedicines" Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine Vol. 11 Iss. 3 (2015) p. 715 - 729
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mallapragada_surya_k/49/