New opportunities and old challenges in the clinical translation of nanotheranostics

PJ Gawne, M Ferreira, M Papaluca, J Grimm… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoparticle-based systems imbued with both diagnostic and therapeutic functions, known
as nanotheranostics, have enabled remarkable progress in guiding focal therapy, inducing …

Multifunctional gold nanoparticles: a novel nanomaterial for various medical applications and biological activities

X Hu, Y Zhang, T Ding, J Liu, H Zhao - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology has become a trending area in science and has made great advances with
the development of functional, engineered nanoparticles. Various metal nanoparticles have …

Do iron oxide nanoparticles have significant antibacterial properties?

SV Gudkov, DE Burmistrov, DA Serov, MB Rebezov… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of metal oxide nanoparticles is one of the promising ways for overcoming antibiotic
resistance in bacteria. Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have found wide applications in …

Lipid-based nanoparticles: application and recent advances in cancer treatment

B García-Pinel, C Porras-Alcalá, A Ortega-Rodríguez… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many therapeutically active molecules are non-soluble in aqueous systems, chemically and
biologically fragile or present severe side effects. Lipid-based nanoparticle (LBNP) systems …

Nanomaterials for in vivo imaging

BR Smith, SS Gambhir - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging, which enables us to peer deeply within living subjects, is producing
tremendous opportunities both for clinical diagnostics and as a research tool. Contrast …

Multifunctional plasmonic-magnetic nanoparticles for bioimaging and hyperthermia

C de la Encarnación, DJ de Aberasturi… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multicompartment nanoparticles have raised great interest for different biomedical
applications, thanks to the combined properties of different materials within a single entity …

Effect of gold nanoparticle size on their properties as contrast agents for computed tomography

YC Dong, M Hajfathalian, PSN Maidment, JC Hsu… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most commonly used clinical imaging modalities.
There have recently been many reports of novel contrast agents for CT imaging. In …

Applications of noble metal-based nanoparticles in medicine

B Klębowski, J Depciuch, M Parlińska-Wojtan… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles have unique, size-dependent properties, which means they are widely used
in various branches of industry. The ability to control the properties of nanoparticles makes …

New anti-cancer explorations based on metal ions

H Hu, Q Xu, Z Mo, X Hu, Q He, Z Zhang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Due to the urgent demand for more anti-cancer methods, the new applications of metal ions
in cancer have attracted increasing attention. Especially the three kinds of the new mode of …

Nanomaterial-based contrast agents

JC Hsu, Z Tang, OE Eremina, AM Sofias… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Medical imaging, which empowers the detection of physiological and pathological
processes within living subjects, has a vital role in both preclinical and clinical diagnostics …