Peptides and peptide-based materials have an increasing role in the treatment of viral
infections through their use as active pharmaceutical ingredients, targeting moieties …

This review discusses the potential of CXCR4 chemokine receptor in the design of
anticancer and antimetastatic drug delivery systems. The role of CXCR4 in cancer …

Up to 75% of bladder cancer patients suffer from recurrence due to postoperative tumor
implantation. However, clinically used Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) treatment failed to …

Background Cell-targeting peptides or proteins are appealing tools in nanomedicine and
innovative medicines because they increase the local drug concentration and reduce …

Immune-cell-derived membranes have garnered significant attention as innovative delivery
modalities in cancer immunotherapy for their intrinsic immune-modulating functionalities and …

A bicyclam-based biodegradable polycation with CXCR4 antagonistic activity was
developed with potential for combined drug/gene cancer therapies. The dual-function …

Vaccination offers a cost‐effective approach to the control of endemic infectious and a less
invasive treatment modality against cancers. Since the discovery that injecting DNA …

Uterine leiomyoma (UL) is a prevalent benign tumor in women that frequently gives rise to a
multitude of reproductive complications. The use of suicide gene therapy has been …

Simple Summary Chemokines are central players in cancer and can be post-translationally
modified by dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV)/CD26. This can have different effects on …

The application of small interfering RNA (siRNA) for specific gene inhibition is a promising
strategy in gene therapy treatments. The efficient cellular delivery of therapeutic siRNA is a …