Targeted drug delivery refers to an established therapeutic strategy that develops platforms
and nanoscale devices for selective delivery of small drug molecules and therapeutic genes …

MSNs have attracted increasing interest as drug carriers due to promising in vivo results in
small-animal disease models, especially related to cancer therapy. In most cases small …

Nanoscale objects, whether of biologic origin or synthetically created, are being developed
into devices for a variety of bionanotechnology diagnostic and pharmaceutical applications …

Although the use of nanotechnology for the delivery of a wide range of medical treatments
has potential to reduce adverse effects associated with drug therapy, tissue-specific delivery …

Cancer involves a collection of diseases with a common trait–dysregulation in cell
proliferation. At present, traditional therapeutic strategies against cancer have limitations in …

Ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and gamma scintigraphy-based
detection and bio-imaging technologies have achieved outstanding breakthroughs in recent …

Background Epidemiological and animal studies provide compelling indications that
environmental and engineered nanomaterials (NMs) pose a risk for pregnancy, fetal …

The human placenta plays a crucial role as the interface between mother and fetus. It
represents a unique tissue that undergoes morphological as well as functional changes on …

This paper aimed to clarify whether maternal inhalation of engineered nanoparticles (NP)
may constitute a hazard to pregnancy and fetal development, primarily based on …

BACKGROUND Nanotechnology involves the engineering of structures on a molecular
level. Nanomedicine and nano-delivery systems have been designed to deliver therapeutic …