Multifunctional Quantum Dots for Personalized Medi
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757762/
This article was written in 2009. I believe we are now witnessing some of it coming to fruition.
"Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the design of nanoparticle-based tools for improved diagnosis and personalized treatment of many complex diseases. In particular, semiconductor QDs have emerged as a new platform for high-throughput quantitative characterization of multiple biomarkers in cells and clinical tissue specimens ex vivo, detection of diseased cells in vivo, and potentially targeted and traceable drug delivery [3, 7, 8]."
This is where I think we are headed to in the very near future, particularly with molecular fingerprinting of diseases.
"With further advances in design and engineering of biocompatible QD probes such applications as image-guided surgery, molecular fingerprinting of diseases, and personalized diagnosis and therapy will become widely available."