Biomedical applications and potential health risks of nanomaterials : Molecular mechanisms

While the use of nanomaterials in medicine promises to have many benefits, many are worried about their potential toxicity and the long-term secondary effects these materials might have on patients or when released into the environment. Paper explores the likely uses of nanotechnology in medical applications, and then presents a summary of the currently known toxicological effects of nanomaterials. Authors summarize that because there is likely to be a large growth in the use of nanomaterials in medicine, more study of the biological effects of nanomaterials is urgently needed.