Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐develo** imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

Design of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical delivery applications

M Elsabahy, KL Wooley - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric nanoparticles-based therapeutics show great promise in the treatment of a wide
range of diseases, due to the flexibility in which their structures can be modified, with …

Tumor delivery of macromolecular drugs based on the EPR effect

V Torchilin - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect is the physiology-based principal
mechanism of tumor accumulation of large molecules and small particles. This specific issue …

Block copolymer micelles: preparation, characterization and application in drug delivery

G Gaucher, MH Dufresne, VP Sant, N Kang… - Journal of controlled …, 2005 - Elsevier
Block copolymer micelles are generally formed by the self-assembly of either amphiphilic or
oppositely charged copolymers in aqueous medium. The hydrophilic and hydrophobic …

Peptide vaccine: progress and challenges

W Li, MD Joshi, S Singhania, KH Ramsey, AK Murthy - Vaccines, 2014 - mdpi.com
Conventional vaccine strategies have been highly efficacious for several decades in
reducing mortality and morbidity due to infectious diseases. The bane of conventional …

Poly (lactic acid) stereocomplexes: A decade of progress

H Tsuji - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Upon blending enantiomeric poly (l-lactide)[ie, poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA)] and poly (d-
lactide)(PDLA)[ie, poly (d-lactic acid)(PDLA)] or synthesis of stereo block poly (lactide)[ie …

Physical stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles for anti-cancer drug delivery

N Rapoport - Progress in Polymer Science, 2007 - Elsevier
Block copolymer micelles are generally formed by self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymer
molecules in an aqueous milieu. The hydrophobic blocks (or polyion complexes) form the …

Polymeric nanostructures for imaging and therapy

M Elsabahy, GS Heo, SM Lim, G Sun… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Medical diagnosis and therapy are essential for providing patients with proper care,
although inefficient diagnosis and therapy are usually associated with either improper …

Biodegradable polymeric micelles for targeted and controlled anticancer drug delivery: promises, progress and prospects

C Deng, Y Jiang, R Cheng, F Meng, Z Zhong - Nano today, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymeric micelles have emerged as one of the most promising platforms for
targeted and controlled anticancer drug delivery due to their excellent biocompatibility …

Passive and active drug targeting: drug delivery to tumors as an example

VP Torchilin - Drug delivery, 2010 - Springer
The paradigm of using nanoparticulate pharmaceutical carriers has been well established
over the past decade, both in pharmaceutical research and in the clinical setting. Drug …