Applications Of Nanofibers For Medical Purposes

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The miniscule fibers are actually very minute fibers with diameters lesser than 100 nanometers, which are used for the benefits of mankind. These tiny fibers can be made from carbon or other inorganic materials like Titanium dioxide, Silicon dioxide and Aluminum oxide.

Though these extremely small fibers are used in the fields of tissue engineering, textile industry, cosmetics manufacturing and energy applications; the main uses of nanofiber technology have been found in the medical line, for helping the common people.

The practical functions of nanofibers on medical ground

These minute fibers made from different biopolymers are used for various medical purposes, according to the structures and sizes of these fibers. The cancer researchers coat these fibers with antibodies and use for capturing the cancerous cells, so that they can be examined in determining the intensity of the disease in the patient’s body.

The meshes formed from these microscopic fibers are found to be effective in preventing the spread of HIV-1 virus and thus can battle successfully against AIDS. This specific type of meshes can also be used as a safe contraceptive measure.

These nanofibers have got the characteristic of healing human wounds, thus can be used extensively for dressing of any type of injury. The contamination of these injuries can also be prevented by adding antibacterial drugs to the layers of these fibers, as they also act as good carriers of many useful drugs in human body cells.

Thus, these fibers also facilitate the growth of the epidermal tissues of the skin, by the faster absorption of the medicines applied over the wounds. These highly tiny fibers help in faster regeneration of cartilages on the wounded joints.

In case of therapeutic treatment of some diseases, the drugs are introduced within the body cells by fixing on these tiny fibers of carbon, which inflate as balloons and penetrate the diseased body cells, thus delivering the drugs to these cells for more effective cure.