Simplifying skin disease diagnosis with topical nanotechnology

• Main Authors: Yeo, David Chenloong, Xu, Chenjie
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Transdermal Nanotechnology; Abnormal Scars
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139082
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A new study published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering1 documents a novel diagnostic technology that exploits topically applied nanotechnology to detect skin tissue biomarkers for diagnosis. This concept is demonstrated by noninvasively imaging connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) mRNA...