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Block Copolymer Based Magnetic Nanoclusters For Cancer-Theranostics: Synthesis, Characterization And In Vitro Evaluation, Hemant M. Vishwasrao

Theses & Dissertations

“There is plenty of room at the bottom”. In this visionary lecture in 1959 Prof. Richard Feynman spoke of the interesting ramifications of working with matter at the atomic scale. Since then, scientists have worked relentlessly towards realizing his vision. The influence of nanobiotechnology on material science and polymer chemistry has given rise to a new field called ‘theranostics’, combining drug delivery and diagnostics within the same nanostructures, thereby enabling simultaneous diagnosis, targeted drug delivery and continued therapy monitoring. Iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) are one such class of MRI contrast agents that can be converted into theranostic nanomedicines for cancer …