Engineering multifunctional metal/protein hybrid nanomaterials as tools for therapeutic intervention and high-sensitivity detection
Antonio Aires, David Maestro, Jorge RuizdelRio, Ana Palanca, Elena López‐Martínez, Irantzu Llarena, Kalotina Geraki, Carlos Sánchez-Cano, Ana V. Villar, Aitziber L. Cortajarena
Abstract
detection and imaging of the fibrotic disease under study. This study evidences the potential of combining protein engineering and protein-directed nanomaterial engineering approaches to design custom nanomaterials as theranostic tools, opening up unexplored routes to date for the next generation of advanced nanomaterials in medicine.
Topics & Concepts
BiomedicineNanotechnologyNanomaterialsProtein detectionMaterials scienceBioinformaticsBiologyPeptidase Inhibition and AnalysisProtease and Inhibitor MechanismsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques