An explorative review on advanced approaches to overcome bacterial resistance by curbing bacterial biofilm formation

F Mohamad, RR Alzahrani, A Alsaadi… - Infection and Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The continuous emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens evoked the development of
innovative approaches targeting virulence factors unique to their pathogenic cascade …

[HTML][HTML] Image-guided drug delivery in nanosystem-based cancer therapies

MI Priester, TLM Ten Hagen - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The past decades have shown significant advancements in the development of solid tumor
treatment. For instance, implementation of nanosystems for drug delivery has led to a …

A charge‐switchable zwitterionic peptide for rapid detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease

Z Jin, Y Mantri, M Retout, Y Cheng, J Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus has led to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Nucleic
acid testing while specific has limitations for mass surveillance. One alternative is the main …

Enhanced Photoacoustic Detection of Heparin in Whole Blood via Melanin Nanocapsules Carrying Molecular Agents

W Yim, K Takemura, J Zhou, J Zhou, Z Jin, RM Borum… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has proved versatile for many biomedical applications from
drug delivery tracking to disease diagnostics and postoperative surveillance. It recently …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasmall gold nanorod-polydopamine hybrids for enhanced photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy in second near-infrared window

W Yim, RM Borum, J Zhou, Y Mantri, Z Wu… - …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gold nanorods (GNRs) have attracted great interest for photo-mediated biomedicines due to
their tunable and high optical absorption, high photothermal conversion efficiency and facile …

Peptidic sulfhydryl for interfacing nanocrystals and subsequent sensing of SARS-CoV-2 protease

Z Jin, J Yeung, J Zhou, Y Cheng, Y Li… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There is a need for surveillance of COVID-19 to identify individuals infected with SARS-CoV-
2 coronavirus. Although specific, nucleic acid testing has limitations in terms of point-of-care …

[HTML][HTML] Field-flow fractionation in molecular biology and biotechnology

S Giordani, V Marassi, A Placci, A Zattoni, B Roda… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Field-flow fractionation (FFF) is a family of single-phase separative techniques exploited to
gently separate and characterize nano-and microsystems in suspension. These techniques …

A fiber optic photoacoustic sensor for real-time heparin monitoring

J Zhou, W Yim, J Zhou, Z Jin, M Xu, Y Mantri… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heparin is a common anticoagulant, but heparin overdose is a common intensive care unit
(ICU) medication error due to the narrow therapeutic window of heparin. Conventional …

Evaluation of Advanced Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

NL Ndlovu, WB Mdlalose, B Ntsendwana, T Moyo - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a persistent global disease and a threat to the human species, with numerous
cases reported every year. Over recent decades, a steady but slowly increasing mortality …

Current Application of Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems to the Treatment of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinomas

C Wang, Y Zhang - International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Anaplastic thyroid carcinomas (ATCs) are a rare subtype of thyroid cancers with a low
incidence but extremely high invasiveness and fatality. The treatment of ATCs is very …