“…The physicochemical properties of USPION make them excellent candidates for biomedical applications (Bashir, Bhatti, Marin, & Nelson, ; Bhattarai et al, ; Bobo, Robinson, Islam, Thurecht, & Corrie, ; Cicha et al, ; Matuszak et al, ; Zaloga et al, ; Zhang et al, ). Current medical uses include magnetic resonance image (MRI) contrast agents, lymph node localization devices, targeted drug delivery systems and cancer theranostic applications (Lee et al, ; Zhang et al, ). USPION have also been approved or cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration for drug and medical device applications (Douek et al, ; Dulinska‐Litewka et al, ; Thakor et al, ; Thill et al, ).…”