Cisplatin is one of the most widely-used drugs to treat cancers. However, its nephrotoxic and
ototoxic side-effects remain major clinical limitations. Recent studies have improved our …

Carbon nanotubes exhibit many unique intrinsic physical and chemical properties and have
been intensively explored for biological and biomedical applications in the past few years. In …

Platinum based anticancer drugs have revolutionized cancer chemotherapy, and continue to
be in widespread clinical use especially for management of tumors of the ovary, testes, and …

Aim: In this paper, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are presented as feasible carriers for
carboplatin, a therapeutic agent for cancer treatment. The drug was introduced into CNTs to …

Introduction: Carbon nanotubes have been advocated as promising candidates in the
biomedical field in the areas of diagnosis and therapy. In terms of drug delivery, the use of …

Recent advancements in materials science have shed light on the potential of exploring
hierarchical assemblies of molecules on surfaces, driven by both fundamental and …

The year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary since the discovery of the anticancer potential of
cisplatin and it remains just as useful now as it did back then, especially for the treatment of …

Nanotubes have been proposed as targeted drug delivery nanocapsules which may realize
the “magic bullet” concept and promise many advantages over current procedures. The …

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) filled with ferromagnetic metals like iron, cobalt or nickel are new
and very interesting nanostructured materials with a number of unique properties. In this …

Abstract The encapsulation efficiency of (10, 10) armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes
as a nanovector for Ifosfamide anti-cancer drug has been investigated.(10, 10) armchair …