Luminescence imaging in biomedical research has allowed new insights into the
architecture of pathological tissues, signalling networks and cell interactions, and is now …

Understanding the in vivo transport of nanoparticles provides guidelines for designing
nanomedicines with higher efficacy and fewer side effects. Among many factors, the size of …

Ultrasmall coinage metal nanoclusters (NCs,< 3 nm) have emerged as a novel class of
theranostic probes due to their atomically precise size and engineered physicochemical …

The increase of antibiotic resistance in bacteria has become a major concern for successful
diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Over the past few decades, significant …

Ultrasmall nanoparticles are often grouped under the broad umbrella term of “nanoparticles”
when reported in the literature. However, for biomedical applications, their small sizes give …

Ultrasmall gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have emerged as agile probes for in vivo imaging, as
they exhibit exceptional tumour accumulation and efficient renal clearance properties …

Kidneys are a major organ for blood filtration and waste elimination and thus play a key role
in the transport and clearance of nanoparticles in vivo. The interactions of nanoparticles with …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have evolved to be a class of rapidly advancing chemical
entities in the biomedical field. Nevertheless, potential side effects and safety concerns …

Traditional herbal medicine (THM), an ancient science, is a gift from nature. For thousands of
years, it has helped humans fight diseases and protect life, health, and reproduction …

The glomerular filtration barrier is known as a 'size cutoff'slit, which retains nanoparticles or
proteins larger than 6–8 nm in the body and rapidly excretes smaller ones through the …