Novel Applications of Nanotechnology in Life Sciences

Abstract

The main focus of the review is to discuss about the most popular, expanding and promising branch of science and technology i.e., nanotechnology, its various applications in life sciences which opened up doors in several areas like diagnostics, drug delivery and tissue engineering. Nanotechnology is often viewed as a relatively young field, with tremendous potential to reinvent existing industries and significantly improve standards of living. Nanotechnology applications to the life sciences include pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, gene therapy, drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Assessment of engineered nanosilver as an alternative nano-antibiotic in marine water pollution using biomarker of fish cell line

“…AgNPs have been chosen for several rational reasons including; (i) these are widely used as antimicrobial in the medical equipments and cosmetic products, (ii) these have shown more toxic effects especially to aquatic organisms, algae, fish, and crustaceans. 21,22 The fish cell lines were exposed to different concertation of AgNPs to convey a meaningful information on the mechanisms of toxic actions which could be useful as an input tool to quantitatively model toxicity. Another important aspect of this contradictory data is that, AgNPs used for the toxicity tests were not monodispersed and theoretically seems to cause toxic effects of different magnitudes which has significant worth.…”