Nanomaterials: From Research to Personalized Medicine

Abstract

The integration of nanotechnology with the personalized medicine has provided unparallel and unique opportunities for improving the way of treatment for many dreadful diseases. Nanomaterials (NMs), because of their explorative properties, offer a number of advantages in the therapeutics and diagnostics of diseases. The NM-based tools offer wide tunability in designing of the nanomedicine because of the smaller sizes, the large surface-to-volume ratio, and also the ease with which the NM surface can be modified to get desirable cell/tissue targeting. In this introductory chapter, a brief overview on the use of NMs for the personalized nanomedicine and the factors that need to be considered for successful translation of these personalized nanomedicines has been addressed. Also, a brief summary is given on different types of NMs that have been used for personalized medicine and are under clinical trials. Finally we have concluded the chapter with the perspective about how the proper understanding of nanobiotechnology, personalized medicine, and genomics can provide a better system for diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases at the individual level.