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VIRUSES-BASEL
卷 15, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v15030741
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cancer; COVID-19; nanotechnology; metal nanoparticles; green synthesis
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Cancer and COVID-19 are major global health concerns, and efforts have been made to develop metal nanoparticles as alternative therapeutics for these diseases. However, challenges such as nanotoxicity and complex preparation methods hinder their clinical application. Future innovations should focus on eco-friendly materials and tailored nanoparticles for specific disease targeting, along with comprehensive evaluation of safety and efficacy.
Cancer and COVID-19 have been deemed as world health concerns due to the millions of lives that they have claimed over the years. Extensive efforts have been made to develop sophisticated, site-specific, and safe strategies that can effectively diagnose, prevent, manage, and treat these diseases. These strategies involve the implementation of metal nanoparticles and metal oxides such as gold, silver, iron oxide, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, and copper oxide, formulated through nanotechnology as alternative anticancer or antiviral therapeutics or drug delivery systems. This review provides a perspective on metal nanoparticles and their potential application in cancer and COVID-19 treatments. The data of published studies were critically analysed to expose the potential therapeutic relevance of green synthesized metal nanoparticles in cancer and COVID-19. Although various research reports highlight the great potential of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles as alternative nanotherapeutics, issues of nanotoxicity, complex methods of preparation, biodegradability, and clearance are lingering challenges for the successful clinical application of the NPs. Thus, future innovations include fabricating metal nanoparticles with eco-friendly materials, tailor making them with optimal therapeutics for specific disease targeting, and in vitro and in vivo evaluation of safety, therapeutic efficiency, pharmacokinetics, and biodistribution.
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