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Gold nanoparticles: Emerging paradigm for targeted drug delivery system

Anil Kumar, +2 more
- 01 Sep 2013 - 
- Vol. 31, Iss: 5, pp 593-606
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A review of the recent advances in drug delivery approach with a particular focus on gold nanoparticles will shed light on the research, opportunities and challenges for engineering nanomaterials with cancer biology and medicine to develop effective TDDS for treatment of cancer.
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This article is published in Biotechnology Advances.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 300 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Targeted drug delivery & Nanomedicine.

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Recent Progress in Cancer Thermal Therapy Using Gold Nanoparticles

TL;DR: This work focuses on the developments and progress in nanoparticle design for photothermal cancer therapy since 2010, which includes in vitro and in vivo studies and the recent progression of gold nanoparticle photothermal therapy toward clinical cancer treatment.
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Recent biomedical applications of gold nanoparticles: A review.

TL;DR: This article reviewed the popular AuNPs synthesis methods and mentioned their established applications in various demands, especially in biological sensing.
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Noble metals in medicine: Latest advances

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Unique Roles of Gold Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery, Targeting and Imaging Applications.

TL;DR: Some recent advances in the use of Au NPs as drug carriers for the intracellular delivery of therapeutics and as molecular nanoprobes for the detection and monitoring of target molecules are focused on.
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Three-dimensional in vitro tumor models for cancer research and drug evaluation.

TL;DR: A review of 3D tumor models employing tissue engineering principles can be found in this article, where the authors highlight the profound differences in responses from 3D in vitro tumors and conventional monolayer cultures.
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