Metal nanoparticles are being extensively used in biomedical fields due to their small size-to-
volume ratio and extensive thermal stability. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are an obvious …

The medical properties of metals have been explored for centuries in traditional medicine for
the treatment of infections and diseases and still practiced to date. Platinum-based drugs are …

Colloidal gold has been studied for its potential application in medicine for centuries.
However, synthesis and evaluation of various gold nanoparticles have only recently been …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are highly compelling nanomaterials for biomedical studies due
to their unique optical properties. By leveraging the versatile optical properties of different …

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in women worldwide, and one of the
deadliest after lung cancer. Currently, standard methods for cancer therapy including BC are …

Cancer has been one of the major threats to the lives of human beings for centuries.(1)
Current cancer therapies mainly include surgery, chemotherapies, and radiotherapies …

The field of nanomedicines has expanded significantly in recent years in the breadth of
compounds under development as well as in the types of technology that are being applied …

There are two kinds of targeted drug delivery systems:(I) Active targeted drug delivery (smart
drug delivery) based on ligands affiliation to receptors,(II) Passive targeted drug delivery …

The excitation of surface plasmons (SPs) in metallic nanoparticles (NPs) induces optical
properties hardly achievable in other optical materials, yielding a wide range of applications …

This critical review provides an overall survey of the basic concepts and up-to-date literature
results concerning the very promising use of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for medicinal …