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Gold nanoprobes for theranostics

Journal

NANOMEDICINE
Volume 6, Issue 10, Pages 1787-1811

Publisher

FUTURE MEDICINE LTD
DOI: 10.2217/NNM.11.155

Keywords

diagnostics; gold nanoparticles; imaging; therapeutics; toxicity

Funding

  1. NIH [R15CA156322, R21CA157395-01]
  2. NCI
  3. NSF [0853066]
  4. University of Louisville
  5. Purdue University
  6. CTSI (Purdue-IU)
  7. [NSF-IDBR-0754740]
  8. Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys
  9. Directorate For Engineering [0853066] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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Gold nanoprobes have become attractive diagnostic and therapeutic agents in medicine and life sciences research owing to their reproducible synthesis with atomic level precision, unique physical and chemical properties, versatility of their morphologies, flexibility in functionalization, ease of targeting, efficiency in drug delivery and opportunities for multimodal therapy. This review highlights some of the recent advances and the potential for gold nanoprobes in theranostics.

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