Nanomaterials for in vivo imaging

BR Smith, SS Gambhir - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging, which enables us to peer deeply within living subjects, is producing
tremendous opportunities both for clinical diagnostics and as a research tool. Contrast …

Nanomaterial-based contrast agents

JC Hsu, Z Tang, OE Eremina, AM Sofias… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Medical imaging, which empowers the detection of physiological and pathological
processes within living subjects, has a vital role in both preclinical and clinical diagnostics …

Dextran-coated iron oxide nanoparticles as biomimetic catalysts for localized and pH-activated biofilm disruption

PC Naha, Y Liu, G Hwang, Y Huang, S Gubara… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biofilms are surface-attached bacterial communities embedded within an extracellular matrix
that create localized and protected microenvironments. Acidogenic oral biofilms can …

Multifunctional gold nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapy of disease

AJ Mieszawska, WJM Mulder, ZA Fayad… - Molecular …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have a number of physical properties that make them appealing
for medical applications. For example, the attenuation of X-rays by gold nanoparticles has …

Nanocatalysts promote Streptococcus mutans biofilm matrix degradation and enhance bacterial killing to suppress dental caries in vivo

L Gao, Y Liu, D Kim, Y Li, G Hwang, PC Naha… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Dental biofilms (known as plaque) are notoriously difficult to remove or treat because the
bacteria can be enmeshed in a protective extracellular matrix. It can also create highly acidic …

Topical ferumoxytol nanoparticles disrupt biofilms and prevent tooth decay in vivo via intrinsic catalytic activity

Y Liu, PC Naha, G Hwang, D Kim, Y Huang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Ferumoxytol is a nanoparticle formulation approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration for systemic use to treat iron deficiency. Here, we show that, in addition …

Emerging biomedical applications of enzyme-like catalytic nanomaterials

DP Cormode, L Gao, H Koo - Trends in biotechnology, 2018 - cell.com
Nanomaterials have been developed for many biomedical applications, including medical
imaging, drug delivery, and antimicrobial coatings. Intriguingly, nanoparticles can display …

Advanced applications of nanotechnology in veterinary medicine

A El-Sayed, M Kamel - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
The invention of new techniques to manipulate materials at their nanoscale had an
evolutionary effect on various medical sciences. At the time, there are thousands of …

Tunable structured metal oxides for biocatalytic therapeutics

M Yuan, Q Li, Y Gao, C He, M Adli, C Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The past few decades have witnessed the flourish of creating metal oxides for biocatalytic
therapeutics due to their structural diversities, feasible modifications, tunable catalytic sites …

Synthesis and design of biologically inspired biocompatible iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications

GS Demirer, AC Okur, S Kizilel - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
During the last couple of decades considerable research efforts have been directed towards
the synthesis and coating of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) for biomedical applications. To …