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Synthesis of gold nanomaterials and their cancer-related biomedical applications: an update

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Recently, the advances in the synthesis of new types of nanomaterials have created several opportunities in drug delivery and targeted therapy applications. Among the various nanostructures, gold nanostructures with controllable physical and chemical properties have received attention for various biomedical uses, including sensing of biomolecules, in vitro and in vivo bioimaging (as advanced contrast agents for photothermal and bioimaging techniques), photothermolysis of cancer cells, and targeted drug delivery. The attractive properties of gold nanomaterials, particularly, anti-angiogenic properties, are highly useful in a variety of cancers studies. In addition, they can bind many proteins and drugs and can be actively targeted to cancer cells over-expressing cell surface receptors and they are biocompatible in nature with a high atomic number, which directs to greater absorption of kilovoltage X-rays and provides greater contrast than standard agents. In this review, we have summarized the synthesis, structure and functionalization of gold nanostructures, and their biomedical applications with special reference to cancer studies.

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This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIP) (No.2017R1A2B4004700).

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Govindaraju, S., Yun, K. Synthesis of gold nanomaterials and their cancer-related biomedical applications: an update. 3 Biotech 8, 113 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-018-1137-y

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