Recent Progress in Applications

of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Medicine:

A Review

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Renu, Jaspreet Kaur, Sonal Singhal, and Anupama Kaushik

Abstract

Nanotechnology embodies an exceptional combination of conventional and con-

temporary material sciences to investigate physical matter at the nanometric scale.

The unmatched potential of these nanoscale materials which have equivalent size

to the biological molecules has come into being since the 1950s. This technology

of nanomaterials has transformed the field of medicine through a plethora of

applications including biological detection, diagnostic imaging, tissue engineer-

ing, drug/gene delivery, etc. Amongst all inorganic and organic nanoscale

particles, magnetic nanoparticles have unique characteristics like nontoxicity,

biocompatibility, and high level of accumulation in targeted tissues, injectability,

and attraction to high magnetic flux density that make them the most common

choice for medical applications. This review addresses the current status,

advantages and limitations, toxicity, and future scope of magnetic nanoparticles

in the area of medicine.

Keywords

Magnetic nanoparticles · Nanometric scale · Medicine

Renu · J. Kaur

Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

S. Singhal

Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

A. Kaushik (*)

Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Dr. SSB University Institutes of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University,

Chandigarh, India

e-mail: anupamachemarchive@gmail.com

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