Neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and brain cancers are difficult to
treat with current drugs as their delivery efficacy to the brain is severely hampered by the …

Engineering nanomaterials are increasingly considered promising and powerful biomedical
tools or devices for imaging, drug delivery, and cancer therapies, but few nanomaterials …

The innate immune system provides the first line of defence against foreign microbes and
particulate materials. Engineered nanoparticles can interact with the immune system in …

The development of different kinds of nanoparticles, showing different physico-chemical
properties, has fostered their large use in many fields, including medicine. As a …

Conspectus The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in biology and medicine requires a molecular-
level understanding of how NPs interact with cells in a physiological environment. A critical …

Passive targeting is the foremost mechanism by which nanocarriers and drug-bearing
macromolecules deliver their payload selectively to solid tumors. An important driver of …

Cerium oxide nanoparticles (nanoceria) have shown promise as catalytic antioxidants in the
test tube, cell culture models and animal models of disease. However given the reactivity …

Biostimulants are materials that when applied in small amounts are capable of promoting
plant growth. Nanoparticles (NPs) and nanomaterials (NMs) can be considered as …

While the blood vessel is seldom the target tissue, almost all nanomedicine will interact with
blood vessels and blood at some point of time along its life cycle in the human body …

The past decade has seen a significant increase in interest in the use of polymeric
nanocarriers in medical applications. In particular, when used as drug vectors in targeted …