Photodynamic therapy: Innovative approaches for antibacterial and anticancer treatments

M Kolarikova, B Hosikova, H Dilenko… - Medicinal Research …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

Conquering the hypoxia limitation for photodynamic therapy

Y Wan, LH Fu, C Li, J Lin, P Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has aroused great research interest in recent years owing to its
high spatiotemporal selectivity, minimal invasiveness, and low systemic toxicity. However …

Biomedicine meets Fenton chemistry

Z Tang, P Zhao, H Wang, Y Liu, W Bu - Chemical reviews, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Since the first connection between Fenton chemistry and biomedicine, numerous studies
have been presented in this field. Comprehensive presentation of the guidance from Fenton …

Bioactive potential of natural biomaterials: Identification, retention and assessment of biological properties

K Joyce, GT Fabra, Y Bozkurt, A Pandit - Signal transduction and …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Biomaterials have had an increasingly important role in recent decades, in biomedical
device design and the development of tissue engineering solutions for cell delivery, drug …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronic acid: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic trajectory

RC Gupta, R Lall, A Srivastava, A Sinha - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Hyaluronic acid (also known as hyaluronan or hyaluronate) is naturally found in many
tissues and fluids, but more abundantly in articular cartilage and synovial fluid (SF) …

A journey of challenges and victories: a bibliometric worldview of nanomedicine since the 21st century

J Wang, W Zhao, Z Zhang, X Liu, T **e… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology profoundly affects the advancement of medicine. Limitations in diagnosing
and treating cancer and chronic diseases promote the growth of nanomedicine. However …

Targeting Xkr8 via nanoparticle-mediated in situ co-delivery of siRNA and chemotherapy drugs for cancer immunochemotherapy

Y Chen, Y Huang, Q Li, Z Luo, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Activation of scramblases is one of the mechanisms that regulates the exposure of
phosphatidylserine to the cell surface, a process that plays an important role in tumour …

Recent advances in host–guest self‐assembled cyclodextrin carriers: Implications for responsive drug delivery and biomedical engineering

J Wankar, NG Kotla, S Gera, S Rasala… - Advanced Functional …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
This Review is an overview of the unique characteristics of cyclodextrin in forming an
inclusion complex via host–guest noncovalent interactions. The modification of cyclodextrin …

Toward multi-targeted platinum and ruthenium drugs—a new paradigm in cancer drug treatment regimens?

RG Kenny, CJ Marmion - Chemical reviews, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
While medicinal inorganic chemistry has been practised for over 5000 years, it was not until
the late 1800s when Alfred Werner published his ground-breaking research on coordination …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronic acid in the third millennium

A Fallacara, E Baldini, S Manfredini, S Vertuani - Polymers, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Since its first isolation in 1934, hyaluronic acid (HA) has been studied across a variety of
research areas. This unbranched glycosaminoglycan consisting of repeating disaccharide …