Applications and limitations of dendrimers in biomedicine

AA Chis, C Dobrea, C Morgovan, AM Arseniu, LL Rus… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biomedicine represents one of the main study areas for dendrimers, which have proven to
be valuable both in diagnostics and therapy, due to their capacity for improving solubility …

Theranostic Nuclear Medicine with Gallium-68, Lutetium-177, Copper-64/67, Actinium-225, and Lead-212/203 Radionuclides: Focus Review

KA Morgan, SE Rudd, A Noor, PS Donnelly - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular changes in malignant tissue can lead to an increase in the expression levels of
various proteins or receptors that can be used to target the disease. In oncology, diagnostic …

ImmunoPET: concept, design, and applications

W Wei, ZT Rosenkrans, J Liu, G Huang, QY Luo… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Immuno-positron emission tomography (immunoPET) is a paradigm-shifting molecular
imaging modality combining the superior targeting specificity of monoclonal antibody (mAb) …

The basic properties of gold nanoparticles and their applications in tumor diagnosis and treatment

X Bai, Y Wang, Z Song, Y Feng, Y Chen… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been widely studied and applied in the field of tumor
diagnosis and treatment because of their special fundamental properties. In order to make …

Long-lived emissive probes for time-resolved photoluminescence bioimaging and biosensing

KY Zhang, Q Yu, H Wei, S Liu, Q Zhao… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this Review article, we systematically summarize the design and applications of various
kinds of long-lived emissive probes for bioimaging and biosensing via time-resolved …

Radioactive main group and rare earth metals for imaging and therapy

TI Kostelnik, C Orvig - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Radiometals possess an exceptional breadth of decay properties and have been applied to
medicine with great success for several decades. The majority of current clinical use …

Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Alternative strategy to optimize cerium oxide for enhanced X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy

S Liu, L Fang, H Ding, Y Zhang, W Li, B Liu, S Dong… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The emergence of X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy (X-PDT) holds tremendous promise
for clinical deep-penetrating cancer therapy. However, the clinical application of X-PDT in …

Charge-Convertible Carbon Dots for Imaging-Guided Drug Delivery with Enhanced in Vivo Cancer Therapeutic Efficiency

T Feng, X Ai, G An, P Yang, Y Zhao - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) are remarkable nanocarriers due to their promising optical and
biocompatible capabilities. However, their practical applicability in cancer therapeutics is …

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 …