An open nanowindow towards the specific treatment of cancer

  • Yulán Hernández García Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    Yulán Hernández García es doctora en Química y tiene, además, dos maestrías en química por dos universidades diferentes. Actualmente, es profesora de química a tiempo parcial e investigadora en el área de nanociencia en la Sección Química de la PUCP.
  • María Moros Universidad de Zaragoza

    María Moros Caballero es doctoraen Química y tiene dos licenciaturas, una en Bioquímica y otra en Farmacia. Es inves- tigadora del Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA), de la Universidad de Zaragoza (España), y la Unión Europea le ha concedido una Beca posdoctoral Marie Curie en el Isti- tuto di Cibernetica “E.Caianiello” (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), en Pozzuoli, Italia.
Keywords: nanomedicine, cancer, nanoparticles, theragnosis

Abstract

Nowadays, cancer is one of the main causes of death worldwide, the cure of which makes it one of the most important targets of modern medicine. Conventional therapies are, either highly invasive (surgery) or little selective (chemo- and radiotherapy), which diminishes the effectiveness of these treatments leading to undesired secondary effects. Nanomaterials, due to its nano size, possess new special features that may provide several advantages for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease in all of its forms. These new systems, have great potential for leading to an early detection of cancer and the design of personalized therapies working only at target zones, improving the results obtained.

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Hernández García, Y., & Moros, M. (2015). An open nanowindow towards the specific treatment of cancer. Revista De Química, 29(1), 18-26. Retrieved from https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/quimica/article/view/13892

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