Functional gold nanoparticles for analysis and delivery of nucleic acids.

ABSTRACT: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have become the rising stars in the field of nanotechnology and made a revolution in exploiting the profundity of genomics due to their distinguished properties such as stability, ease in preparation and conjugation, biocompatibility, and unique optical properties. These characteristics have greatly expanded their applications such as sensitive and selective quantitation of nucleic acids and as effective carriers for specifically delivering various important molecules/biomolecules to various targets, which are the cornerstone in treating genetic disorders. This review comprehensively discusses the most recent progress in utilization of AuNPs in quantitation and delivery of nucleic acids. The future prospects and challenges of various methods have also been illust

SUBMITTER: Huang PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11464036 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature