Nanomedicine applications in women's health: state of the art

Nanomedicine applications in women's health: state of the art

State-of-the-art applications of nanomedicine have the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of a range of conditions and diseases affecting women's health. In this review, we provide a synopsis of potential applications of nanomedicine in some of the most dominant...

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Published in:International Journal of Nanomedicine Vol. 13; pp. 1963 - 1983
Main Authors: Lloyd-Parry, Oliver, Downing, Charlotte, Aleisaei, Eisa, Jones, Celine, Coward, Kevin
Format: Journal Article Book Review
Language:English
Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01-01-2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dove Medical Press
Subjects:
Antidepressants
Bioavailability
Biomarkers
Brain research
Cancer therapies
Clinical trials
Disease
Drug delivery systems
Duloxetine
Female
Gender
Gold
Humans
Lipids
Menopause
Mental disorders
Mental Health
Nanomaterials
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine - methods
Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology
Neoplasms - therapy
Patient compliance
Peptides
Proteins
Reproduction
Reproductive Medicine
Review
Serotonin
Stress
Technology application
Women's Health
Womens health
United Kingdom > UK
sexual health
menopause
mental health
dementia
nanomedicine
reproductive medicine
oncology
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Summary:State-of-the-art applications of nanomedicine have the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of a range of conditions and diseases affecting women's health. In this review, we provide a synopsis of potential applications of nanomedicine in some of the most dominant fields of women's health: mental health, sexual health, reproductive medicine, oncology, menopause-related conditions and dementia. We explore published studies arising from in vitro and in vivo experiments, and clinical trials where available, to reveal novel and highly promising therapeutic applications of nanomedicine in these fields. For the first time, we summarize the growing body of evidence relating to the use of nanomaterials as experimental tools for the detection, prevention, and treatment of significant diseases and conditions across the life course of a cisgender woman, from puberty to menopause; revealing the far-reaching and desirable theoretical impact of nanomedicine across different medical disciplines. We also present an overview of potential concerns regarding the therapeutic applications of nanomedicine and the factors currently restricting the growth of applied nanomedicine.
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ISSN:1178-2013
1176-9114
1178-2013
DOI:10.2147/IJN.S97572