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Tracking stem cells in tissue-engineered organs using magnetic nanoparticles

Hachani, R; Lowdell, M; Birchall, M; Thanh, NT; (2013) Tracking stem cells in tissue-engineered organs using magnetic nanoparticles. Nanoscale , 5 (23) pp. 11362-11373. 10.1039/c3nr03861k. Green open access

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Abstract

The use of human stem cells (SCs) in tissue engineering holds promise in revolutionising the treatment of numerous diseases. There is a pressing need to comprehend the distribution, movement and role of SCs once implanted onto scaffolds. Nanotechnology has provided a platform to investigate this through the development of inorganic magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). MNPs can be used to label and track SCs by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) since this clinically available imaging modality has high spatial resolution. In this review, we highlight recent applications of iron oxide and gadolinium based MNPs in SC labelling and MRI; and offer novel considerations for their future development.

Type: Article
Title: Tracking stem cells in tissue-engineered organs using magnetic nanoparticles
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr03861k
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3nr03861k
Language: English
Additional information: © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013. This Open Access Article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Haematology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1373358
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