Gold, silver, and palladium nanoparticles: a chemical tool for biomedical applications

SB Yaqoob, R Adnan, RM Rameez Khan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Herein, the role of metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) in biomedical analysis and the
treatment of critical deceases been highlighted. In the world of nanotechnology, noble …

Hard nanomaterials in time of viral pandemics

G Reina, S Peng, L Jacquemin, AF Andrade… - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
The SARS-Cov-2 pandemic has spread worldwide during 2020, setting up an uncertain start
of this decade. The measures to contain infection taken by many governments have been …

Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins

M Martínez-Bailén, J Rojo… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Human lectins are involved in a wide variety of biological processes, both physiological and
pathological, which have attracted the interest of the scientific community working in the …

Applications of gold nanoparticles in nanomedicine: recent advances in vaccines

SAC Carabineiro - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, gold is used in (nano-) medicine, usually in the form of nanoparticles, due to the
solid proofs given of its therapeutic effects on several diseases. Gold also plays an important …

Role of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles as diagnostic and therapeutic tools for highly prevalent viral infections

T Yadavalli, D Shukla - Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is increasingly playing important roles in various fields including virology.
The emerging use of metal or metal oxide nanoparticles in virus targeting formulations …

Nanostructures for the inhibition of viral infections

S Szunerits, A Barras, M Khanal, Q Pagneux… - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Multivalent interactions are omnipresent in biology and confer biological systems with
dramatically enhanced affinities towards different receptors. Such multivalent binding …

Nanoparticles in antiviral therapy

M Milovanovic, A Arsenijevic, J Milovanovic… - Antimicrobial …, 2017 - Elsevier
In addition to general unavailability of specific antiviral therapeutics for a variety of viral
diseases, usage of most antiviral drugs is linked to their limited solubility in aqueous media …

Role of nanotechnology in HIV/AIDS vaccine development

Y Liu, C Chen - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
HIV/AIDS is one of the worst crises affecting global health and influencing economic
development and social stability. Preventing and treating HIV infection is a crucial task …

Three-minute synthesis of sp 3 nanocrystalline carbon dots as non-toxic fluorescent platforms for intracellular delivery

SA Hill, D Benito-Alifonso, DJ Morgan, SA Davis… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A one-pot, three-minute, gram-scale synthesis of novel sp3-nanocrystalline, water-soluble,
and fluorescent carbon dots (FCDs), from simple and cheap sugar starting materials is …

Loading dendritic cells with gold nanoparticles (GNPs) bearing HIV-peptides and mannosides enhance HIV-specific T cell responses

N Climent, I García, M Marradi, F Chiodo… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) decorated with glycans ameliorate dendritic cells (DC) uptake,
antigen-presentation and T-cells cross-talk, which are important aspects in vaccine design …