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Nanotechnology Landscape in Modern Medicine

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1057

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Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Interests: nanomaterials; polymers; biomarkers; disease prevention; preclinical and clinical trials
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Dear Colleagues,

Nanotechnology has become one of the most promising technologies of the 21st century, first introduction in 1959 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society. Nanotechnology integrates knowledge of engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology and, more recently, has converged with artificial intelligence, thereby promoting a scientific and technical revolution. Materials at the nanoscale display unique properties and tunable surface chemistry and physics, features that unlocked vast potential across various biomedical areas. The advancements in nanomedicine have provided numerous benefits in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; therefore, in the near future, we can expect a world where nanotechnology is not just a part of healthcare but is also seamlessly integrated into it. This Special Issue on the “Nanotechnology landscape in modern medicine” aims to showcase the progress of nanoscience; nanoengineering and nanotechnology design, synthesis, and fabrication; and their applications and development in the biomedical field. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include all types of nanosystems used in the development of medical applications, such as drug delivery, biosensing and monitoring, imaging and diagnosis, regenerative medicine, and others.

Dr. Gianina Dodi
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Keywords

  • nanotechnology
  • nanomedicine
  • healthcare
  • nanomaterials and nanostructures
  • nanoparticles
  • drug delivery systems
  • regenerative medicine
  • biosensing and monitoring
  • imaging and dignosis

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Excipients for Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticle Stabilization in the Perspective of Biomedical Applications
by Svetlana A. Titova, Maria P. Kruglova, Victor A. Stupin, Natalia E. Manturova, Raghu Ram Achar, Gouri Deshpande, Vladimir A. Parfenov and Ekaterina V. Silina
Molecules 2025, 30(6), 1210; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30061210 - 8 Mar 2025
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Rare earth metal nanoparticles, some of which are already widely used in medicine, are of growing interest in the modern scientific community. One of the promising rare earth metals for biomedical applications is cerium, specifically its oxide form, which is characterized by a [...] Read more.
Rare earth metal nanoparticles, some of which are already widely used in medicine, are of growing interest in the modern scientific community. One of the promising rare earth metals for biomedical applications is cerium, specifically its oxide form, which is characterized by a higher level of stability and safety. According to a number of studies, cerium dioxide has a wide range of biological effects (regenerative, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antitumor), which justifies the interest of its potential application in medicine. However, these effects and their intensity vary significantly across a number of studies. Since cerium dioxide was used in these studies, it can be assumed that not only is the chemical formula important, but also the physicochemical parameters of the nanoparticles obtained, and consequently the methods of their synthesis and modification with the use of excipients. In this review, we considered the possibilities of using a number of excipients (polyacrylate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, dextran, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, polycarboxylic acids, lecithin, phosphatidylcholine) in the context of preserving the biological effects of cerium dioxide and its physicochemical properties, as well as the degree of study of these combinations from the point of view of the prospect of creating drugs based on it for biomedical applications. Full article
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