Figure 2. Illustration showing various other applications of nanotechnology in medicine.

The discovery of nanoparticles with the help of nanotechnology has led to its various uses in the area of medicine. The nanoparticle so created can be employed for various uses like in the manufacturing of nano implants, tissue engineering for drug delivery systems, gene delivery systems, drug screening, theranostics, cancer therapy, biomarker mapping, disease detection, and bio-imaging [39].

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