Prospectives for the use of nanomaterials in nanodiagnostic

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, João.M.
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, S.M., Ribeiro, D.M., Prior, J.V.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://actafarmaceuticaportuguesa.com/index.php/afp/article/view/45
• topic: Nanomedicine; nanodiagnostics; nanomaterials; quantum dots; metallic nanoparticles; Nanomedicina; nanodiagnóstico; nanomateriais; pontos quânticos; nanopartículas metálicas

Conventional diagnostic methods are exclusively focused on the detection of the symptoms associated to a given pathology. Any process able to determine with anticipation the occurrence of a disease, inclusively before the first symptoms, or providing the means to predict the possibility of occurrence of that disease, would significantly reinforce the effectiveness of the therapy allowing, at the same time, the establishment of prevention measures to avoid its progression. Much of the worldwide health research aims at the development of expedite devices or strategies capable of carrying out the monitoring of first level signs, or able to early detect and quantify biomarkers, usually at very low concentrations, associated to a given illness. In the search for alternative diagnostic methods able to overcome the limitations of available technology nanomaterials assume a decisive role and anticipate extremely promising developments in healthcare medicine.