Carbon nanotubes loaded with anticancer drugs: a platform for targeted cancer therapy with different models

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Milad Kazemnejadi
Chemistry Department,, Faculty of Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are tubes of graphitic carbon on a molecular scale. They are among the stiffest and strongest fibers known, and have remarkable electronic properties and other unique properties. These unique properties of the nanotubes, which are a combination of magnetic, optical, electrical and chemical properties, have made them very powerful and suitable for the development of a new category of drugs and treatments based on carbon nanotubes. In the following article, a summary of the properties of carbon nanotubes and how they can be used for these purposes; Along with an overview of the current situation in this field and the future perspective will be presented.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are molecular-scale tubes of graphitic carbon with remarkable electronic properties and other unique properties. Carbon nanotubes as building blocks for protein and DNA biosensors, ion channel blockers (a type of drug that binds to the cavity of a specific type of ion channel and blocks the flow of ions into it and causes the concentration gradient of nerve cell membrane to change and therefore changes in nerve transmission), biological separators and biocatalysts have been used
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes
drug delivery
medicine
targeted
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  • Receive Date 04 February 2024
  • Accept Date 14 May 2024