{"id":167398,"date":"2025-01-23T11:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=167398"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:14:29","slug":"nanomedicine-and-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/biotechnology\/nanomedicine-and-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanotaxis to the Rescue: How Nanomedicine Could Transform Diabetes Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Treating metabolic diseases \u2013such as diabetes or dyslipidemia\u2013 is one of many challenges that modern medicine faces, but nanomedicine could help make drugs that are more effective<\/strong> and cause fewer side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This branch of medicine consists of using nanometric systems to transport molecules \u2013such as drugs or medical devicies\u2013 within the human body<\/strong> to treat diseases or perform medical procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe nanometer scale is a thousand times smaller than a human hair<\/strong>,\u201d says Omar Lozano<\/a>, leader of the Bioengineering and Medical Devices Unit<\/a> at the Institute for Obesity Research<\/a> at Tec de Monterrey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike common medicine, nanomedicine offers many advantages, such as designing drugs to be directed only towards the organ <\/strong>that is going to be treated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we have a headache and take a drug, only five or 10% will reach our brain, the rest is lost in the body<\/strong>,\u201d explains Lozano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to direct a drug towards a specific organ or tissue not only ensures maximum effectiveness, it also reduces side effects by not leaving residues in other organs. In addition, it is possible to control when a drug is released and at what speed, which can result in lower doses being required for the treatment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if that were not enough, drugs or molecules that are easily degraded<\/strong> can also be protected so that they reach their desired target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To treat metabolic diseases<\/a>, the promise is that nanomedicines will be more effective and reach the cells of the most compromised organs and tissues, such as the pancreas or adipose tissue<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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