Cancer nanotherapy: Concept for design of new drug

Publication date: January 2013 Source:Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas, Volume 7, Issue 1 Author(s): Viroj Wiwanitkit Nanotherapy is an actual newest mode of treatment that can be applied for cancer therapy. To imagine and test the hypothesis and idea regarding the new hypothesised nanotherapeutic system, there are many issues to be addressed including the change of properties of substances at the nano-level, the use of in vitro studies for testing the new drug and the safety of the new nano-substance. Graphical abstract Highlights ► Nanotherapy is the newest mode of medical therapy. ► There are many concerns on the new nanopharmacotherapy for cancer. ► A change of the substance properties at the nano-level can be expected and this is the important point to be concerned regarding a newly developed drug. ► The in vitro test on the newly developed drug might not be a good model. ► The new nano-drug is a nano-substance that still requires further studies regarding toxicity.
Source: Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas - Category: Research Source Type: research