The therapeutic potential of nanobodies

I Jovčevska, S Muyldermans - BioDrugs, 2020 - Springer
Today, bio-medical efforts are entering the subcellular level, which is witnessed with the fast-
developing fields of nanomedicine, nanodiagnostics and nanotherapy in conjunction with …

Emerging applications of nanotechnology in healthcare systems: Grand challenges and perspectives

S Anjum, S Ishaque, H Fatima, W Farooq, C Hano… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Healthcare, as a basic human right, has often become the focus of the development of
innovative technologies. Technological progress has significantly contributed to the …

Alginate-based nanomaterials: Fabrication techniques, properties, and applications

IPS Fernando, WW Lee, EJ Han, G Ahn - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Alginate is a biopolymer extensively utilized in numerous applications. Hydrogel forming
property, chemical structure with hydroxyl and carboxylate moieties, biocompatibility …

Lipid-based drug delivery systems in cancer therapy: what is available and what is yet to come

P Yingchoncharoen, DS Kalinowski… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - ASPET
Cancer is a leading cause of death in many countries around the world. However, the
efficacy of current standard treatments for a variety of cancers is suboptimal. First, most …

Inorganic nanoparticles: a potential cancer therapy for human welfare

A Pugazhendhi, TNJI Edison, I Karuppusamy… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer is an abnormal condition leading to uncontrolled cell division which causes damage
to the body tissues. Around 100 types of cancer are studied so far namely breast cancer …

Emerging nanomedicine approaches fighting tumor metastasis: animal models, metastasis-targeted drug delivery, phototherapy, and immunotherapy

C Liang, L Xu, G Song, Z Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Metastasis is directly or indirectly responsible for the majority of cancer deaths. Anti-
metastasis treatment is thus the key to cure cancer. Recent development in nanomedicine …

Highly fluorescent semiconducting polymer dots for biology and medicine

C Wu, DT Chiu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention
because of their outstanding characteristics as fluorescent probes. These nanoparticles …

Targeting nanoparticles to cancer

M Wang, M Thanou - Pharmacological research, 2010 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology applications in medicine, termed as nanomedicine, have introduced a
number of nanoparticles of variable chemistry and architecture for cancer imaging and …

Physical approaches to biomaterial design

S Mitragotri, J Lahann - Nature materials, 2009 - nature.com
The development of biomaterials for drug delivery, tissue engineering and medical
diagnostics has traditionally been based on new chemistries. However, there is growing …

Therapeutic resistance of pancreatic cancer: Roadmap to its reversal

S Yu, C Zhang, KP Xie - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease with limited opportunity for resectable surgery as the
first choice for cure due to its late diagnosis and early metastasis. The desmoplastic stroma …