Gene therapy is a promising new technique for treating many serious incurable diseases,
such as cancer and genetic disorders. The main problem limiting the application of this …

Ultrasound contrast agents are valuable in diagnostic ultrasound imaging, and they
increasingly show potential for drug delivery. This review focuses on the acoustic behavior …

This review offers a critical analysis of the state of the art of medical microbubbles and their
application in therapeutic delivery and monitoring. When driven by an ultrasonic pulse …

Ultrasound, which is routinely used for diagnostic imaging applications, is now being
adopted in various drug delivery and other therapeutic applications. Ultrasound has been …

Ultrasound contrast agents, in the form of gas-filled microbubbles, are becoming popular in
perfusion monitoring; they are employed as molecular imaging agents. Microbubbles are …

Not all bubbles in the bloodstream are detrimental. During the past decade, contrast-
enhanced ultrasound has evolved from a purely investigational tool to a routine diagnostic …

Loss of miR-29 is associated with cardiac fibrosis. This study examined the role and
therapeutic potential of miR-29 in mouse model of hypertension induced by angiotensin II …

The paper reports the results of nanotherapy of ovarian, breast, and pancreatic cancerous
tumors by paclitaxel-loaded nanoemulsions that convert into microbubbles locally in tumor …

Therapeutic applications of ultrasound predate its use in imaging. A range of biological
effects can be induced by ultrasound, depending on the exposure levels used. At low levels …

The success of gene therapy is largely dependent on the development of the gene delivery
vector. Recently, gene transfection into target cells using naked DNA, which is a simple and …