Liposomes and polymersomes are colloidal vesicles that are self-assembled from lipids and
amphiphilic polymers, respectively. Because of their ability to encapsulate both hydrophilic …

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 …

This article discusses optically active nanomaterials and their optical biosensing
applications. In addition to enhancing their sensitivity, these nanomaterials also increase …

Macromolecule-based therapeutic agents, particularly proteins, antigens, monoclonal
antibodies, transcription factors, nucleic acids, and gene editing enzymes, have the potential …

The design and construction of synthetic therapeutic protocells capable of establishing
cognate chemical communication channels with living cells is an important challenge for …

Clinical translation of curcumin has been highly obstructed by the rapid degradation and
poor tissue absorption of this agent. Herein, we report on the generation of supramolecular …

Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …

Covalent polymers are versatile macromolecules that have found widespread use in society.
Contemporary methods of polymerization have made it possible to construct sequence …

Soon after the discovery of polymeric vesicles (polymersomes), reports of their high
membrane stability raised hopes for the development of next generation vesicles for drug …

Polymersomes are polymeric analogues of liposomes with exceptional physical and
chemical properties. Despite being dubbed as next-generation vesicles since their inception …