Nanotechnology applications in cancer

S Nie, Y Xing, GJ Kim, JW Simons - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Cancer nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary area of research in science, engineering, and
medicine with broad applications for molecular imaging, molecular diagnosis, and targeted …

Engineered liposomes in interventional theranostics of solid tumors

N Kommineni, R Chaudhari, J Conde… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Engineered liposomal nanoparticles have unique characteristics as cargo carriers in cancer
care and therapeutics. Liposomal theranostics have shown significant progress in preclinical …

Recent approaches to intracellular delivery of drugs and DNA and organelle targeting

VP Torchilin - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Intracellular delivery of various drugs, including DNA, and drug carriers can sharply increase
the efficiency of various treatment protocols. However, the receptor-mediated endocytosis of …

Which polymers can make nanoparticulate drug carriers long-circulating?

VP Torchilin, VS Trubetskoy - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 1995 - Elsevier
The protective effect of poly (ethylene glycol) and some other polymers on nanoparticulate
carriers including liposomes is considered in terms of statistical behavior of macromolecules …

Novel applications of nanotechnology in medicine

A Surendiran, S Sandhiya, SC Pradhan… - Indian Journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Current modalities of diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, especially cancer have
major limitations such as poor sensitivity or specificity and drug toxicities respectively. Newer …

Liposomes to target the lymphatics by subcutaneous administration

C Oussoren, G Storm - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
Liposomes have been proposed as carriers for the delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic
agents to the lymphatic system. Subcutaneous (sc) injection is the route of administration …

PEGylated polymers for medicine: from conjugation to self-assembled systems

MJ Joralemon, S McRae, T Emrick - Chemical Communications, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic polymers have transformed society in many areas of science and technology,
including recent breakthroughs in medicine. Synthetic polymers now offer unique and …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the inhibitory effect of PEG-lipid conjugates on the intracellular delivery of plasmid and antisense DNA mediated by cationic lipid …

LY Song, QF Ahkong, Q Rong, Z Wang, S Ansell… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2002 - Elsevier
Poly (ethylene glycol)-lipid (PEG-lipid) conjugates are widely used in the field of liposomal
drug delivery to provide a polymer coat that can confer favorable pharmacokinetic …

Polymer-coated long-circulating microparticulate pharmaceuticals

VP Torchilin - Journal of microencapsulation, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
The field of long-circulating microparticulate drug carriers is reviewed. The protective effect
of certain polymers including poly (ethylene glycol) on nano-particulate carriers (liposomes …

Quantum dots and multifunctional nanoparticles: new contrast agents for tumor imaging

MN Rhyner, AM Smith, X Gao, H Mao, L Yang, S Nie - 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Nanometer-sized particles, such as semiconductor quantum dots and iron oxide
nanocrystals, have novel optical, electronic, magnetic or structural properties that are not …