Nanotechnology has the potential to circumvent several drawbacks of conventional
therapeutic formulations. In fact, significant strides have been made towards the application …

Current cancer nanomedicines can only mitigate adverse effects but fail to enhance
therapeutic efficacies of anticancer drugs. Rational design of next‐generation cancer …

Green chemistry has been a growing multidisciplinary field in recent years showing great
promise in biomedical applications, especially for cancer therapy. Chitosan (CS) is an …

Smart or stimuli-responsive materials are an emerging class of materials used for tissue
engineering and drug delivery. A variety of stimuli (including temperature, pH, redox-state …

Sulfur and its functional groups are major players in an area of exciting research taking
place in modern polymer and materials science, both in academia and industry. In fact …

Incorporating labile bonds inside polymer backbone and side chains yields interesting
polymer materials that are responsive to change of environmental stimuli. Drugs can be …

The research on advanced functional polymers is being driven by the fast-growing demand
for new functional materials that can be used in revolutionary technologies. Polymers can be …

Materials which respond to biological cues are the subject of intense research interest due
to their possible application in smart drug delivery vehicles. In particular, novel polymers …

Tamoxifen (TAM), as a hydrophobic drug, is a selective estrogen modulator (SERM) applied
to hormone therapy for breast cancer (BC). Although it is effective and affordable in BC …

Chitosan oligosaccharides (COS) are the degraded products of chitin or chitosan prepared
by chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis. As compared to chitosan, COS not only exhibit some …