Magnetically‐activated lipid nanocarriers in biomedical applications: A review of current status and perspective

Abstract

Magnetically-activated lipid nanocarriers have become a research hotspot in the field of biomedicine. Liposomes and other lipid-based carriers possess good biocompatibility as well as the ability to carrying therapeutic cargo with a range of physicochemical properties. Previous studies have demonstrated that magnetic materials have potential wide applications in clinical diagnosis and therapy, such as in MRI as contrast agents and in hyperthermic obliteration of cancer tissues. More recently magneto-thermal activation of lipid carriers to