Conclusions
Nanotechnology is a fascinating area of development providing remarkable
solutions in many fields including allergy, where it represents a
promising tool for improving diagnosis and immunotherapy. The specific
properties that nanostructures can offer, which are tuneable at will,
provide the chance to design adequate systems to be applied in this
field. There are wide panels of structures accessible, and controlling
their physico-chemical properties would allow the obtainment of safer
and more efficient compounds for our goals, either in diagnosis or
treatment. Interesting tools for detection and diagnosis are available
for clinicians and researchers in this field. In addition, relevant
advances have been described for application of nanostructures in
immunotherapy. Besides these promising facts found in the literature,
the application of nanotechnology to allergy is still in its infancy and
have to face new important challenges in the next years to achieve
important goals.