@article {Concu:2015:1568-0266:199,
title = "Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Materials for Medical Applications",
journal = "Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ben/ctmc",
publishercode ="ben",
year = "2015",
volume = "15",
number = "3",
publication date ="2015-02-01T00:00:00",
pages = "199-222",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1568-0266",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/ctmc/2015/00000015/00000003/art00004",
keyword = "Neurotransmitter, Drug, Protein, Hormone, Cell, Sol-gel, Molecular Imprinting, Biomarker, Medical science",
author = "Concu, Riccardo and Ornelas, Mariana and Azenha, Manuel",
abstract = "The present review deals with the sol-gel imprinting of both drug and non-drug templates of medical relevance, namely neurotransmitters, biomarkers, hormones, proteins and cells. Nearly a hundred recent works, either developmental or applied in a medical-related context, were critically
analyzed. It may be concluded that, although research is still at an early stage, the potential of these sol-gel materials was well demonstrated in a few applications of critical interest for medicinal/biomedical science. The vast room left for expansion and improvement envisages a continuously
growing interest by researchers in the future, eventually resulting in important medical applications able to enter the professional and consumer medical markets.",
}