Application of nanotechnology in ophthalmology: Where are we?

Autor: Marcela Gómez-Garzón, M. Alejandra Martínez-Ceballos, Arley Gómez-López, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Characterization and Application of Nanomaterials. 5:66
ISSN: 2578-1995
DOI: 10.24294/can.v5i1.1681
Popis: Nanotechnology is a subject that studies, processes, and applies various functional materials, equipment, and systems, and controls substances on a nanoscale. Nanomedicine refers to its application in diagnosing, treating, preventing, and monitoring various diseases. Drugs administered through eye drops must travel a long distance to avoid various eye barriers reaching the posterior segment of the eye, to achieve the lowest drug level. This review focuses on nanotechnology-based eye disease treatment systems and highlights the obstacles affecting the drug management of eyes and nano-systems for the treatment of eye diseases. This paper summarizes the development prospect of nanotechnology and the challenges it faces in the treatment and diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases, to provide information and new ideas for the implementation of treatment and the development of a refractory eye disease management system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE