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This paper presents a review on available researches, when it comes to the usage of quantum dots in detection and treatment of the most common form of dementia, and that is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Quantum dots (QDs), as an essential material of nanotechnology, give unique approaches and solutions for preventing and curing AD. In this paper, CdSe/ZnS quantum dots and their application features are analyzed and proposed as the possible solution for inhibition of events in the organism, that occur before the patients show visible symptoms.
Scientists around the world truly believe, that nanotechnology in fact is the future of medicine and that this emerging technology, although still in a “newborn” state, would provide answers for the treatment of many to this date incurable disease, as AD itself. Discussed approaches are still in an experimental phase, because the possible toxicology of many nanomaterials isn’t fully investigated.
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Devedžić, A. (2017). BEAUTY OF FINE DOTS. In: Badnjevic, A. (eds) CMBEBIH 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 62. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4166-2_24
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