Magnetic Nanoparticles for Medical Applications: Updated Review
Guadalupe Gabriel Flores-Rojas,
Felipe López-Saucedo,
Ricardo Vera-Graziano,
Eduardo Mendizabal,
Emilio Bucio
Affiliations
Guadalupe Gabriel Flores-Rojas
Departamentos de Química e Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Blvd. M. García Barragán#1451, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico
Felipe López-Saucedo
Departamento de Química de Radiaciones y Radioquímica, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
Ricardo Vera-Graziano
Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
Eduardo Mendizabal
Departamentos de Química e Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Blvd. M. García Barragán#1451, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico
Emilio Bucio
Departamento de Química de Radiaciones y Radioquímica, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) represent an advanced tool in the medical field because they can be modified according to biomedical approaches and guided by an external magnetic field in the human body. The first objective of this review is to exemplify some promising applications in the medical field, including smart drug-delivery systems, therapies against cancer cells, radiotherapy, improvements in diagnostics using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and tissue engineering. Complementarily, the second objective is to illustrate the mechanisms of action and theoretical foundations related to magnetoresponsive materials.
