A prominent research topic in contemporary advanced functional materials science is the
production of smart materials based on polymers that may independently adjust their …

Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic
approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these …

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM)-based thermosensitive hydrogels demonstrate great
potential in biomedical applications. However, they have inherent drawbacks such as low …

Polymersomes are vesicular nanostructures enclosed by a bilayer-membrane self-
assembled from amphiphilic block copolymers, which exhibit higher stability compared with …

Conventional cancer chemotherapy is often associated with toxicity issues. Thus, new drug
delivery systems (DDSs) are developed as alternatives owing to their potential to selectively …

Cancer remains one of the world's leading causes of death. However, most conventional
chemotherapeutic drugs only show a narrow therapeutic window in patients because of their …

Polymersomes, the structural analogues of liposomes, are hollow structures enclosed by a
bilayer membrane made from amphiphilic copolymers. Polymersomes have been proposed …

Macromolecular self-assembly is attracting increasing scientific interest in polymer science.
One of the most studied assemblies are stimuli-responsive polymersomes that can convert …

Highlights•Nanocarriers with the ability to target tumors are being increasingly explored.•
Nanomedicine aid in maintaining a balance between efficacy and toxicity.•Recent advances …

Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as
information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a …