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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 2
August 20-21, 2018 | Paris, France
Materials Science and Materials Chemistry
International Conference on
External stimuli-controlled nanosystems towards next generation nanomedicines
Pablo del Pino
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
A
large fraction of the advances in the nanomedicine and
nanochemistry fields aim at developing the safe and
efficient delivery of pharmaceutical formulations to targeted
cells and/or tissues, thereby improving their bioavailability.
However, most of the current nanomedicines have very low
specificity in vivo, thus rendering targeted delivery among
the most crucial challenges in the fields of nanotechnology
and medicine. One of the most straightforward solutions
in this context involves the use of external stimuli such as
light, magnetic fields or ultrasound to trigger drug release
from nanocarriers with spatiotemporal resolution, thereby
creating molecular (drug) gradients. In this talk, we present
and discuss different nanosystems, which can be controlled
by external stimuli such as light, magnetic fields or
ultrasounds, to achieve delivery of different macromolecules
and/or to control cell behaviour in vitro and/or in vivo.
e:
pablo.delpino@usc.es