Application of Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment

Background: The scope of nanotechnology has been extended to almost every spheres of our daily life. As a result of this, nanocarriers like carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are gaining a considerable amount of interest for the use in various therapeutical and diagnostical applications. Objective: The objective of the current article is to review various important features of CNTs that make these as the efficient carriers for anticancer drug delivery in the cancer therapeutics. Methods: In this review article, different reported literatures on various prospective applications of CNTs in the targeting of various kinds of cancerous cells of different organs via the loading of various anticancer agents. Results: Actually, CNTs are the 3rd allotropic type of the carbon-fullerenes that are rolled-up into the cylindrical tubular architecture. CNTs possess some excellent physico-chemical characteristics and unique structural features that provide as an effective platform to deliver anticancer drugs to target the specific sites for achieving the high level of therapeutically effectiveness even in the cancer therapeutics. For better results, CNTs are functionalized and modified with different classes of therapeutically bioactive molecules via the formations of stable covalent bondings or by the use of supramolecular assemblies based on the non-covalent interaction(s). In the recent years, the applications of CNTs for the delivering of various kinds of anticancer drugs and targeting tumorous sites have been reported by various research groups. Conclusion: CNTs represent as an emerging nanocarrier material for delivery and targeting of numerous anticancer drugs in the cancer therapeutics.

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Application of Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment

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