Abstract 'Smart'bioresponsive materials that are sensitive to biological signals or to
pathological abnormalities, and interact with or are actuated by them, are appealing …

Enzymes underpin physiological function and exhibit dysregulation in many disease-
associated microenvironments and aberrant cell processes. Exploiting altered enzyme …

To date, numerous inorganic nanocarriers have been explored for drug delivery systems
(DDSs). However, the clinical application of inorganic formulations has often been hindered …

Inflammation is intimately related to the pathogenesis of numerous acute and chronic
diseases like cardiovascular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and …

Over the past few years, amino acids (AA) have emerged as promising biomaterials for the
synthesis of functional polymers. Owing to the diversity of functional groups in amino acids …

Natural biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids in living organisms possess an
inherent ability to respond to local environmental stimuli, which motivated researchers to …

Physiological characteristics of diseases bring about both challenges and opportunities for
targeted drug delivery. Various drug delivery platforms have been devised ranging from …

Despite advancements in biomedical sciences and medicine, bacterial infection remains a
leading cause of death globally. The conventional treatment of bacterial infections through …

Conventional chemotherapy has little or no specificity for cancer cells, normally resulting in
low drug accumulation at the tumor region (inefficacy) and drug-induced severe side effects …

Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of phospholipid‐dependent serine/threonine kinases,
which can be further classified into three PKC isozymes subfamilies: conventional or classic …