Smart nanomaterials in cancer theranostics: challenges and opportunities

BK Kashyap, VV Singh, MK Solanki, A Kumar… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer is ranked as the second leading cause of death globally. Traditional cancer
therapies including chemotherapy are flawed, with off-target and on-target toxicities on the …

Platinum nanoparticles in nanobiomedicine

D Pedone, M Moglianetti, E De Luca, G Bardi… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxidative stress-dependent inflammatory diseases represent a major concern for the
population's health worldwide. Biocompatible nanomaterials with enzymatic properties …

[HTML][HTML] Fullerene: biomedical engineers get to revisit an old friend

S Goodarzi, T Da Ros, J Conde, F Sefat, M Mozafari - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
In 1985, the serendipitous discovery of fullerene triggered the research of carbon structures
into the world of symmetric nanomaterials. Consequently, Robert F. Curl, Harold W. Kroto …

In depth analysis of the in vivo toxicity of nanoparticles of porous iron (III) metal–organic frameworks

T Baati, L Njim, F Neffati, A Kerkeni, M Bouttemi… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In vivo acute toxicity of high doses of nanoparticles of three different porous iron (III)
carboxylate Metal–Organic Frameworks (nanoMOFs) was intravenously investigated in rats …

[HTML][HTML] The critical need to promote research of aging and aging-related diseases to improve health and longevity of the elderly population

K Jin, JW Simpkins, X Ji, M Leis, I Stambler - Aging and disease, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Due to the aging of the global population and the derivative increase in aging-related non-
communicable diseases and their economic burden, there is an urgent need to promote …

Platinum nanozymes recover cellular ROS homeostasis in an oxidative stress-mediated disease model

M Moglianetti, E De Luca, D Pedone, R Marotta… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the use of nanomaterials as biomimetic enzymes has attracted great interest.
In this work, we show the potential of biocompatible platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) as …

Recent advances in carbon based nanosystems for cancer theranostics

S Augustine, J Singh, M Srivastava, M Sharma… - Biomaterials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the major challenges in our contemporary society is to facilitate healthy life for all
human beings. In this context, cancer has become one of the most deadly diseases around …

Carbon nanostructures: The drug and the delivery system for brain disorders

TK Henna, VR Raphey, R Sankar, VKA Shirin… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative disorders and brain tumors are major pathological conditions affecting
the brain. The delivery of therapeutic agents into the brain is not as easy as to other organs …

Food LEGO: Building hollow cage and sheet superstructures from starch

A Kierulf, I Mosleh, J Li, P Li, A Zarei, L Khazdooz… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The idea of building large structures from small building blocks has had a long history in the
human imagination, from the beautifully intricate shells assembled from silica by unicellular …

Application of fullerenes in nanomedicine: an update

A Dellinger, Z Zhou, J Connor, AB Madhankumar… - …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Fullerenes are carbon spheres presently being pursued globally for a wide range of
applications in nanomedicine. These molecules have unique electronic properties that make …