Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

The fast advances of theranostic nanomedicine enable the rational design and construction
of diverse functional nanoplatforms for versatile biomedical applications, among which gas …

Polymeric materials releasing nitric oxide have attracted significant attention for therapeutic
use in recent years. As one of the gaseous signaling agents in eukaryotic cells …

Exogenous nitric oxide (NO) represents an attractive antibacterial agent because of its ability
to both disperse and directly kill bacterial biofilms while avoiding resistance. Due to the …

The nitric oxide (NO) molecule has gained increasing attention in biological applications to
combat biofilm-associated bacterial infections. However, limited NO loading, relatively short …

Bacterial infection poses a massive threat to our society, and bacterial biofilm is a major
cause of chronic and recurrent infections. The treatment of bacterial biofilms represents a …

The growing number of patient morbidity related to nosocomial infections has placed an
importance on the development of new antibacterial coatings for medical devices. Here, we …

Light-responsive biomaterials can be used for the delivery of therapeutic drugs and nucleic
acids, where the tunable/precise delivery of payload highlights the potential of such …

The multifaceted role nitric oxide (NO) plays in human physiology and pathophysiology has
opened new scenarios in biomedicine by exploiting this free radical as an unconventional …

Nitric oxide (NO) is an important biological messenger as well as a signaling molecule that
participates in a broad range of physiological events and therapeutic applications in …