Title: Bionanotechnology, Nanomedicine and the Future
Abstract:Bionanotechnology is described as the crossover of nanotechnology into the biological arena. Here the design principles of supramolecular chemistry can be used to determine how DNA can be used to buil...Bionanotechnology is described as the crossover of nanotechnology into the biological arena. Here the design principles of supramolecular chemistry can be used to determine how DNA can be used to build three dimensional structures through self-assembly and how protein mimicking molecular muscles can be constructed. Aspects of supramolecular nanomedicine are introduced that show how nanoparticles can be used to label biomolecules for detection, how DNA sequencing could be undertaken in real time by threading strands through a responsive nanopore, and how multimodal nanoparticles could home in on their targets before delivering therapeutic drugs. Cell mimics are considered as drug delivery vehicles with examples coming from polymer encapsulated siRNA delivery methods, drug delivery by particle disintegration, and minicells as drug delivery systems. The role of supramolecular chemistry in protein engineering is discussed. An example at the cutting edge of nanomedicine, an antimicrobial multifunctional zeolite, is described to indicate the likely direction of nanomedicine. The future of supramolecular chemistry in the field of nanomedicine is discussed by considering the requirements of medicinal nanodevices: how they would be powered, how they would function, how they could be controlled and how itRead More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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