Man vs Rat, vs Nanoparticle: Gold Nanoparticles as a Gentler Probe for Human Brain, Fertility / Embryo Treatments

Abstract

Laboratory rats (or lab rodent) have physiological and genetic similarities to human. This suggests that results of observation, obtained from nano-particle based biomedical test, can be applicable to human. Detection of nano-particles and recent development of magnetic gold nano-particles offer the scientists as an invaluable tool for the brain tumor treatment. Due to their nano level sizes and varieties of shapes these magnetic nano-particles have the capability to cross or pass through the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). Self-assembly, the uniqueness property of these nanoparticles, makes them a magical, gentler tool compared to other nanoparticles, for targeted drug delivery in brain-tumor treatment, as a contraceptive way to control reproduction but their ability to cross the BBB and brain-tumor targeting mechanism not yet fully known. The potential drawback of these magnetic nanoparticles is the disturbance or dis-balance in the sex hormones secretion leads to sufferings of dysplastic Oocyte and Overian diseases.