Camouflaging Nanoparticles

Question 1

Nanomedicine

Answer 1

The medicinal application of nanotechnology including the engineering of tiny machines to prevent and treat disease in the body

Question 2

MRSA

Answer 2

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that cause skin infections. It has become resistant to commonly used antibiotics

Question 3

Drug delivery

Answer 3

Refers to approaches, technologies and systems for transporting a pharmaceutical compound in the body when needed when needed as to work at its maximum efficiency

Question 4

Biomimetic nanoparticles

Answer 4

Using artificial nanomaterials which imitate the properties of biomaterials using biological principles

Question 5

Nanoparticles

Answer 5

Particles between 1 and 100 nanometers in size which behaves as a whole unit in transport and properties