A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America

Autores
Abraham, Gustavo Abel; Romero, Eder Lilia; Sosnik, Alejandro Dario
Año de publicación
2013
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artículo
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versión publicada
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This special issue of Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering includes articles from Latin American researchers that work in an emerging discipline at the interface of biomaterials science, nanotechnology and therapeutics called Nanomedicine and that comprises the use of different mono, bi and three-dimensional nano-objects (e.g., nanoplates, nanoparticles, nanotubes, etc.) to address different medical problems. A peculiarity of Nanomedicine is its pivotal role in the articulation of different complementary research disciplines such as pharmaceutical technology (aimed to develop drug dosage forms) and bioengineering (aimed to engineer medical devices without pharmacological, immunological or metabolic activity). Undoubtedly, the use of nano-objects to execute controlled functions in the health field is blurring frontiers among disciplines that were well defined until very recent times. In this very dynamic scenario, the social and economic impact of Nanomedicine has to be undertaken by a scientific community that envisages and fully understands the profound consequences of its intervention in living beings. Unfortunately, a misinterpretation of the scope encompassed by Nanomedicine made at first glance in Latin America gave access almost exclusively to chemistry and physics experts. This vision restricted the involvement of biomedical researchers in the nanotechnology arena and, as a result of this phenomenon, most of the Latin American countries and particularly Argentina, delayed the local development of the nanomedicine education programs and scientific platforms. The foundation of any emerging applied research field demands the strategic investment of extensive governmental funds and the consequent generation of a critical mass of young, motivated and highly-qualified scientists that will later develop powerful and versatile technological platforms and educate a next generation of scientists. Hence, to push the field forward, in 2010, we founded the Argentine Society for Nanomedicines (NANOMED-ar). One of the urgent issues to be addressed in Latin America is the absence of a public health agenda focused on Nanomedicine; priority research lines and disease-oriented research projects have not been identified yet. In Argentina, the critical mass of nanomedical scientists remains relatively small and most of the activities are concentrated by a few highly qualified research groups in public institutions distributed across the country. These research groups own solid expertise, know-how and nanotechnology platforms in areas such as (i) synthesis, modification and characterization of polymeric and non-polymeric carriers; (ii) design and development of drug delivery implants; (iii) encapsulation, release and targeting of drugs, genes and vaccines and (iv) development of standard and innovative pharmaceutical formulations and in vitro and preclinical studies, among others.
Fil: Abraham, Gustavo Abel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigación En Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales (i); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Eder Lilia. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina
Fil: Sosnik, Alejandro Dario. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina
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Nanomedicine
Tissue Engineering
Therapeutic Agents Delivery
Polymeric Scaffolds
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spelling A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin AmericaAbraham, Gustavo AbelRomero, Eder LiliaSosnik, Alejandro DarioNanomedicineTissue EngineeringTherapeutic Agents DeliveryPolymeric Scaffoldshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.10https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3This special issue of Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering includes articles from Latin American researchers that work in an emerging discipline at the interface of biomaterials science, nanotechnology and therapeutics called Nanomedicine and that comprises the use of different mono, bi and three-dimensional nano-objects (e.g., nanoplates, nanoparticles, nanotubes, etc.) to address different medical problems. A peculiarity of Nanomedicine is its pivotal role in the articulation of different complementary research disciplines such as pharmaceutical technology (aimed to develop drug dosage forms) and bioengineering (aimed to engineer medical devices without pharmacological, immunological or metabolic activity). Undoubtedly, the use of nano-objects to execute controlled functions in the health field is blurring frontiers among disciplines that were well defined until very recent times. In this very dynamic scenario, the social and economic impact of Nanomedicine has to be undertaken by a scientific community that envisages and fully understands the profound consequences of its intervention in living beings. Unfortunately, a misinterpretation of the scope encompassed by Nanomedicine made at first glance in Latin America gave access almost exclusively to chemistry and physics experts. This vision restricted the involvement of biomedical researchers in the nanotechnology arena and, as a result of this phenomenon, most of the Latin American countries and particularly Argentina, delayed the local development of the nanomedicine education programs and scientific platforms. The foundation of any emerging applied research field demands the strategic investment of extensive governmental funds and the consequent generation of a critical mass of young, motivated and highly-qualified scientists that will later develop powerful and versatile technological platforms and educate a next generation of scientists. Hence, to push the field forward, in 2010, we founded the Argentine Society for Nanomedicines (NANOMED-ar). One of the urgent issues to be addressed in Latin America is the absence of a public health agenda focused on Nanomedicine; priority research lines and disease-oriented research projects have not been identified yet. In Argentina, the critical mass of nanomedical scientists remains relatively small and most of the activities are concentrated by a few highly qualified research groups in public institutions distributed across the country. These research groups own solid expertise, know-how and nanotechnology platforms in areas such as (i) synthesis, modification and characterization of polymeric and non-polymeric carriers; (ii) design and development of drug delivery implants; (iii) encapsulation, release and targeting of drugs, genes and vaccines and (iv) development of standard and innovative pharmaceutical formulations and in vitro and preclinical studies, among others.Fil: Abraham, Gustavo Abel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigación En Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales (i); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería; ArgentinaFil: Romero, Eder Lilia. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; ArgentinaFil: Sosnik, Alejandro Dario. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; ArgentinaAmerican Scientific Publisher2013-02-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/9647Abraham, Gustavo Abel; Romero, Eder Lilia; Sosnik, Alejandro Dario; A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America; American Scientific Publisher; Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering; 3; 1; 1-2-2013; 1-32157-9083enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1166/jbt.2013.1063info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.aspbs.com/jbt.html#v3n1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:37:36Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/9647instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:37:37.042CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
title A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
spellingShingle A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
Abraham, Gustavo Abel
Nanomedicine
Tissue Engineering
Therapeutic Agents Delivery
Polymeric Scaffolds
title_short A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
title_full A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
title_fullStr A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
title_sort A special issue on nanomedicine in Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Abraham, Gustavo Abel
Romero, Eder Lilia
Sosnik, Alejandro Dario
author Abraham, Gustavo Abel
author_facet Abraham, Gustavo Abel
Romero, Eder Lilia
Sosnik, Alejandro Dario
author_role author
author2 Romero, Eder Lilia
Sosnik, Alejandro Dario
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Nanomedicine
Tissue Engineering
Therapeutic Agents Delivery
Polymeric Scaffolds
topic Nanomedicine
Tissue Engineering
Therapeutic Agents Delivery
Polymeric Scaffolds
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This special issue of Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering includes articles from Latin American researchers that work in an emerging discipline at the interface of biomaterials science, nanotechnology and therapeutics called Nanomedicine and that comprises the use of different mono, bi and three-dimensional nano-objects (e.g., nanoplates, nanoparticles, nanotubes, etc.) to address different medical problems. A peculiarity of Nanomedicine is its pivotal role in the articulation of different complementary research disciplines such as pharmaceutical technology (aimed to develop drug dosage forms) and bioengineering (aimed to engineer medical devices without pharmacological, immunological or metabolic activity). Undoubtedly, the use of nano-objects to execute controlled functions in the health field is blurring frontiers among disciplines that were well defined until very recent times. In this very dynamic scenario, the social and economic impact of Nanomedicine has to be undertaken by a scientific community that envisages and fully understands the profound consequences of its intervention in living beings. Unfortunately, a misinterpretation of the scope encompassed by Nanomedicine made at first glance in Latin America gave access almost exclusively to chemistry and physics experts. This vision restricted the involvement of biomedical researchers in the nanotechnology arena and, as a result of this phenomenon, most of the Latin American countries and particularly Argentina, delayed the local development of the nanomedicine education programs and scientific platforms. The foundation of any emerging applied research field demands the strategic investment of extensive governmental funds and the consequent generation of a critical mass of young, motivated and highly-qualified scientists that will later develop powerful and versatile technological platforms and educate a next generation of scientists. Hence, to push the field forward, in 2010, we founded the Argentine Society for Nanomedicines (NANOMED-ar). One of the urgent issues to be addressed in Latin America is the absence of a public health agenda focused on Nanomedicine; priority research lines and disease-oriented research projects have not been identified yet. In Argentina, the critical mass of nanomedical scientists remains relatively small and most of the activities are concentrated by a few highly qualified research groups in public institutions distributed across the country. These research groups own solid expertise, know-how and nanotechnology platforms in areas such as (i) synthesis, modification and characterization of polymeric and non-polymeric carriers; (ii) design and development of drug delivery implants; (iii) encapsulation, release and targeting of drugs, genes and vaccines and (iv) development of standard and innovative pharmaceutical formulations and in vitro and preclinical studies, among others.
Fil: Abraham, Gustavo Abel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigación En Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales (i); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Eder Lilia. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina
Fil: Sosnik, Alejandro Dario. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica; Argentina
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