Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 146, Issue -, Pages 97-114Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.08.013
Keywords
Nanotechnology; Diagnostics; Point of care; Clinical translation; Nanomaterials
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Infectious diseases are a major global threat that accounts for one of the leading causes of global mortality and morbidity. Prompt diagnosis is a crucial first step in the management of infectious threats, which aims to quarantine infected patients to avoid contacts with healthy individuals and deliver effective treatments prior to further spread of diseases. This review article discusses current advances of diagnostic systems using colloidal nanomaterials (e.g., gold nanoparticles, quantum dots, magnetic nanoparticles) for identifying and differentiating infectious pathogens. The challenges involved in the clinical translation of these emerging nanotechnology based diagnostic devices will also be discussed. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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