Metals play vital roles in nutrients and medicines and provide chemical functionalities that
are not accessible to purely organic compounds. At least 10 metals are essential for human …

Metal complexes are extensively used for cancer therapy. The multiple variables available
for tuning (metal, ligand, and metal–ligand interaction) offer unique opportunities for drug …

Tumor hypoxia seriously impairs the therapeutic outcomes of type II photodynamic therapy
(PDT), which is highly dependent upon tissue oxygen concentration. Herein, a facile strategy …

In a recent study published in Science, Tsvetkov et al 1. shed a light on a new form of cell
death, copper-dependent cell death (termed cuproptosis). They defined “cuproptosis” as a …

While medicinal inorganic chemistry has been practised for over 5000 years, it was not until
the late 1800s when Alfred Werner published his ground-breaking research on coordination …

The success of platinum-based anticancer agents has motivated the exploration of novel
metal-based drugs for several decades, whereas problems such as drug-resistance and …

Organometallic reagents and metal catalysts are used ubiquitously in academia and
industry. Not surprisingly, the biological activity and environmental danger of metal …

Metal-based drugs and imaging agents are extensively used in the clinic for the treatment
and diagnosis of cancers and a wide range of other diseases. The current clinical arsenal of …

Hypoxia development in tumor is closely associated with its increased aggressiveness and
strong resistance to therapy, leading to the poor prognosis in several cancer types …

Light is of essential importance to the universe and humankind. Light has been, and
continues to be, one of the most fundamental and indispensable elements to life and society …