Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal development

Nanotechnologies seek to overcome inherent deficiencies of conventional diagnosis and treatment, which attracted sustained attention and a limited number of nanomedicines approved by the FDA. However, the critical gaps in clinical translation remain, and nanomedicines that were initially heralded as...

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Main Authors: Ye Bi, Sensen Xie, Ziwei Li, Shiyan Dong, Lesheng Teng
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
Series:Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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description Nanotechnologies seek to overcome inherent deficiencies of conventional diagnosis and treatment, which attracted sustained attention and a limited number of nanomedicines approved by the FDA. However, the critical gaps in clinical translation remain, and nanomedicines that were initially heralded as magic bullets have yet to reach their realistic potential. The major obstacles of fabrication technologies may be overlooked in the nanoparticles’ journey. Suboptimal manufacturing strategies partly hampered the inefficient transformation. In this review, we discuss the nanoparticle manufacturing strategies of “Top-Down” and “Bottom-Up” on precise nanoscale fabrication, including artificial intelligence introduced to guided nanomedicine fabrication for accelerating the transformation. Re-engineering existing nanomedicine fabrication, individual manufacturing, and modular technology might highlight the dilemmas of nanomedicines to meet their initial expectations.
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spelling doaj-art-fe14c706635d48bca813dfc8fafc8f2c2025-08-20T03:09:57ZengElsevierActa Pharmaceutica Sinica B2211-38352025-05-011552372240110.1016/j.apsb.2025.03.040Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal developmentYe Bi0Sensen Xie1Ziwei Li2Shiyan Dong3Lesheng Teng4Practice Training Center, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China; Public Experimental Center, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, ChinaSchool of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, ChinaSchool of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, ChinaSchool of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; Department of Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Corresponding authors.School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; Corresponding authors.Nanotechnologies seek to overcome inherent deficiencies of conventional diagnosis and treatment, which attracted sustained attention and a limited number of nanomedicines approved by the FDA. However, the critical gaps in clinical translation remain, and nanomedicines that were initially heralded as magic bullets have yet to reach their realistic potential. The major obstacles of fabrication technologies may be overlooked in the nanoparticles’ journey. Suboptimal manufacturing strategies partly hampered the inefficient transformation. In this review, we discuss the nanoparticle manufacturing strategies of “Top-Down” and “Bottom-Up” on precise nanoscale fabrication, including artificial intelligence introduced to guided nanomedicine fabrication for accelerating the transformation. Re-engineering existing nanomedicine fabrication, individual manufacturing, and modular technology might highlight the dilemmas of nanomedicines to meet their initial expectations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383525001807NanomedicinesFabrication technologiesExtracellular vesiclesMicrofluidicsDNA origami3D printing
spellingShingle Ye Bi
Sensen Xie
Ziwei Li
Shiyan Dong
Lesheng Teng
Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal development
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Nanomedicines
Fabrication technologies
Extracellular vesicles
Microfluidics
DNA origami
3D printing
title Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal development
title_full Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal development
title_fullStr Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal development
title_full_unstemmed Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal development
title_short Precise nanoscale fabrication technologies, the “last mile” of medicinal development
title_sort precise nanoscale fabrication technologies the last mile of medicinal development
topic Nanomedicines
Fabrication technologies
Extracellular vesicles
Microfluidics
DNA origami
3D printing
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383525001807
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