Bacterial-based cancer therapy (BBCT): recent advances, current challenges, and future prospects for cancer immunotherapy

KH Gupta, C Nowicki, EF Giurini, AL Marzo, A Zloza - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Currently approximately 10 million people die each year due to cancer, and cancer is the
cause of every sixth death worldwide. Tremendous efforts and progress have been made …

Native and engineered probiotics: promising agents against related systemic and intestinal diseases

H Shen, Z Zhao, Z Zhao, Y Chen, L Zhang - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intestinal homeostasis is a dynamic balance involving the interaction between the host
intestinal mucosa, immune barrier, intestinal microecology, nutrients, and metabolites. Once …

External power-driven micro/nanorobots: Design, fabrication, and functionalization for tumor diagnosis and therapy

M An, Y Feng, Y Liu, H Yang - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer remains a significant threat to human health and life, and there are still many
challenges left to overcome with regard to its diagnosis and effective therapy …

TADF dye-loaded nanoparticles for fluorescence live-cell imaging

CIC Crucho, J Avó, AM Diniz, SN Pinto… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecules offer nowadays a powerful tool
in the development of novel organic light emitting diodes due to their capability of harvesting …

[HTML][HTML] Optically traceable PLGA-silica nanoparticles for cell-triggered doxorubicin delivery

R Raj, SN Pinto, CIC Crucho, S Das, C Baleizao… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluorescent silica nanoparticles with a polymer shell of poly (D, L-lactide-co-
glycolide)(PLGA) can provide traceable cell-triggered delivery of the anticancer drug …

Anaerobiosis favors biosynthesis of single and multi-element nanostructures

M Ríos-Silva, M Pérez, R Luraschi, E Vargas… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Herein we report the use of an environmental multimetal (loid)-resistant strain, MF05, to
biosynthesize single-or multi-element nanostructures under anaerobic conditions. Inorganic …

Intratumoral Microbiota: Unraveling their Oncogenic Impact on Cancer Progression With Focus on Breast Cancer Therapeutic Outcomes

CM Chang, HYP Lam - Anticancer Research, 2024 - ar.iiarjournals.org
The gut microbiota has been implicated in many cancers through the secretion of blood-
traveling metabolites or activation of oncogenic signaling. Currently, specific microbial …

Physics Comes to the Aid of Medicine—Clinically-Relevant Microorganisms through the Eyes of Atomic Force Microscope

M Cieśluk, P Deptuła, E Piktel, K Fiedoruk, Ł Suprewicz… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the hope that was raised with the implementation of antibiotics to the treatment of
infections in medical practice, the initial enthusiasm has substantially faded due to …

LACpG10-HL Functions Effectively in Antibiotic-Free and Healthy Husbandry by Improving the Innate Immunity

W Pan, Z Zhao, J Wu, Q Fan, H Huang, R He… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics are broadly restricted in modern husbandry farming, necessitating the need for
efficient and low-cost immunomodulatory preparations in antibiotic-free and healthful …

Microbots Gene Delivery System Based on Bifidobacteria in a Tumor Model

LD Terrazas Armendáriz, IE Luna Cruz… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In cancer, the use of microbots based on anaerobic bacteria as specific transporters
targeting tumor tissues has been explored since most solid tumors exhibit hypoxic regions …