Nanotechnology-based platform for early diagnosis of cancer

• 来源期刊: 科学通报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（4）
• 页码范围: 488-490
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0720-9

摘要

Can you image a wearable wrist detector for cancer diagnosis? Recently,Google,keen on the improvement in healthcare recourses,issued its ambitious plan to develop the nanotechnology-based cancer diagnosis devices,which has attracted intensive attention and discussion.They announced to produce intelligent magnetic nanoparticles that circulated through the blood to detect and report the signs of cancer via a magnet held near superficial blood vessels on the wrist.This idea of nanoparticle-based passive or active cancer targeting is not fresh;however,the impetus from bench to bed issued by Google sounds encouraging.Maybe there is a long way for Google to FDA approval and clinical application,nanotechnology,with increasing development especially in the recent years,may revitalize the current diagnostic devices.