Department of Applied Cell Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Medical Technologies, Royan Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023;1409:127-144. doi: 10.1007/5584_2022_725.
Stem cells are valuable tools in regenerative medicine because they can generate a wide variety of cell types and tissues that can be used to treat or replace damaged tissues and organs. However, challenges related to the application of stem cells in the scope of regenerative medicine have urged scientists to utilize nanomedicine as a prerequisite to circumvent some of these hurdles. Nanomedicine plays a crucial role in this process and manipulates surface biology, the fate of stem cells, and biomaterials. Many attempts have been made to modify cellular behavior and improve their regenerative ability using nano-based strategies. Notably, nanotechnology applications in regenerative medicine and cellular therapies are controversial because of ethical and legal considerations. Therefore, this review describes nanotechnology in cell-based applications and focuses on newly proposed nano-based approaches. Cutting-edge strategies to engineer biological tissues and the ethical, legal, and social considerations of nanotechnology in regenerative nanomedicine applications are also discussed.
干细胞是再生医学中的宝贵工具,因为它们可以产生多种可用于治疗或替代受损组织和器官的细胞类型和组织。然而,与再生医学范围内应用干细胞相关的挑战促使科学家利用纳米医学作为规避其中一些障碍的前提条件。纳米医学在这一过程中起着至关重要的作用,并可以操纵表面生物学、干细胞的命运和生物材料。人们已经尝试使用基于纳米的策略来改变细胞行为并提高其再生能力。值得注意的是,由于伦理和法律方面的考虑,纳米技术在再生医学和细胞治疗中的应用存在争议。因此,本综述描述了基于细胞的应用中的纳米技术,并重点介绍了新提出的基于纳米的方法。本文还讨论了用于工程生物组织的前沿策略以及再生纳米医学应用中纳米技术的伦理、法律和社会考虑因素。