Milena Marino
Biomimetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery in a synthetic lethality approach.
Rel. Valentina Alice Cauda. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Biomedical Engineering, 2018
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Biomimetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery in a synthetic lethality approach. In the recent years, the scientific community has payed a growing attention on nanotechnology, which is the use of materials with a dimension range in the nanometer size. In particular, the application of nanotechnology in medicine, “Nanomedicine”, is increasingly important, because the small size of nanomaterials allows their easy interactions with biomolecules and cells. Furthermore, nanomaterials have several physical and chemical features that can be used in different medical fields, such as imaging, therapy and drug delivery. Concerning the drug delivery, the Nanoparticles (NPs) with pores of different size are of particular interest, thanks to their high cargo capability, high surface area and the possibility to functionalize the surface for several purpose.
For instance, the use of NPs brings numerous benefits in cancer therapy, currently consisting in the use of chemotherapy drugs, alkylating agents and enzymatic inhibitors that are not specific for the tumour mass, but also affect healthy organs
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