Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles.

Taskeen Iqbal Janjua Yuxue Cao Chengzhong Yu Amirali Popat

Published in: Nature reviews. Materials (2021)

Silica nanoparticles have entered clinical trials for a variety of biomedical applications, including oral drug delivery, diagnostics, plasmonic resonance and photothermal ablation therapy. Preliminary results indicate the safety, efficacy and viability of silica nanoparticles under these clinical scenarios.

Keyphrases

drug delivery
clinical trial
cancer therapy
climate change
photodynamic therapy
energy transfer
stem cells
randomized controlled trial
walled carbon nanotubes
drug release
open label
quantum dots