Recent advances and prospects of carbon dots in phototherapy

B Li, S Zhao, L Huang, Q Wang, J Xiao… - Chemical engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) are novel zero-dimensional carbonaceous nanomaterial, and they are
featured with an attractive combination of physical, chemical, and biomedical properties …

Nanomaterials for diagnosis and treatment of brain cancer: Recent updates

M Mukhtar, M Bilal, A Rahdar, M Barani, R Arshad… - Chemosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Brain tumors, especially glioblastoma, remain the most aggressive form of all the cancers
because of inefficient diagnosis and profiling. Nanostructures, such as metallic …

Nanomaterials for photothermal and photodynamic cancer therapy

B Nasseri, E Alizadeh, F Bani, S Davaran… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In recent years, the role of optically sensitive nanomaterials has become powerful moieties
in therapeutic techniques and has become particularly emphasized. Currently, by the …

Recent progress in functionalized and targeted polymersomes and chimeric polymeric nanotheranostic platforms for cancer therapy

M Beygi, F Oroojalian, SS Hosseini… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The majority of advances in cancer therapy have been achieved based on developments in
public awareness, as well as novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment …

Radiosensitizing high-Z metal nanoparticles for enhanced radiotherapy of glioblastoma multiforme

J Choi, G Kim, SB Cho, HJ Im - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Radiotherapy is an essential step during the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM),
one of the most lethal malignancies. The survival in patients with GBM was improved by the …

Circulating microRNAs: Biomarkers of disease

Y Wu, Q Li, R Zhang, X Dai, W Chen, D Xing - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs are a class of endogenous noncoding single-stranded RNA molecules with
approximately 20–24 nucleotides and are associated with a broad range of biological …

Aptamers in biomedicine: Selection strategies and recent advances

G Ștefan, O Hosu, K De Wael, MJ Lobo-Castañón… - Electrochimica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aptamers have come in the spotlight as bio-mimetic molecular recognition elements in the
field of biomedicine due to various applications in diagnostics, drug delivery, therapeutics …

Recent advances and prospects of carbon dots in cancer nanotheranostics

Q Jia, Z Zhao, K Liang, F Nan, Y Li, J Wang… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As a new member of the carbonaceous nanomaterial family, carbon dots (CDs) have been
recognized as promising candidates in nanotheranostics for simultaneous bioimaging and …

Upconversion and downconversion nanoparticles for biophotonics and nanomedicine

JFC Loo, YH Chien, F Yin, SK Kong, HP Ho… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decade, upconversion and downconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs and DCNPs)
have exhibited attractive unique optical properties and are used in various fields, including …

Temozolomide nano enabled medicine: promises made by the nanocarriers in glioblastoma therapy

PS Yasaswi, K Shetty, KS Yadav - Journal of Controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is abnormal cell proliferation of glial cells. GBM is the grade
IV glioma brain cancer which is life-threatening to many individuals affected by this cancer …