RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nanotechnology based therapeutics for lung disease
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 965
OP 976
DO 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213037
VO 74
IS 10
A1 Mohammad Doroudian
A1 Ronan MacLoughlin
A1 Fergus Poynton
A1 Adriele Prina-Mello
A1 Seamas C Donnelly
YR 2019
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/74/10/965.abstract
AB Nanomedicine is a multidisciplinary research field with an integration of traditional sciences such as chemistry, physics, biology and materials science. The application of nanomedicine for lung diseases as a relatively new area of interdisciplinary science has grown rapidly over the last 10 years. Promising research outcomes suggest that nanomedicine will revolutionise the practice of medicine, through the development of new approaches in therapeutic agent delivery, vaccine development and nanotechnology-based medical detections. Nano-based approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases will, in the not too distant future, change the way we practise medicine. This review will focus on the current trends and developments in the clinical translation of nanomedicine for lung diseases, such as in the areas of lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, asthma, bacterial infections and COPD.