Magnetic nanoparticles as MRI contrast agents

A Avasthi, C Caro, E Pozo‑Torres, MP Leal… - … for electrochemical and …, 2020 - Springer
Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional
contrast agents (CAs) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). They have been extensively …

Designing hydrogels for on-demand therapy

N Oliva, J Conde, K Wang, N Artzi - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Systemic administration of therapeutic agents has been the preferred approach
to treat most pathological conditions, in particular for cancer therapy. This treatment modality …

[HTML][HTML] Electrically conductive materials: Opportunities and challenges in tissue engineering

A Saberi, F Jabbari, P Zarrintaj, MR Saeb, M Mozafari - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering endeavors to regenerate tissues and organs through appropriate
cellular and molecular interactions at biological interfaces. To this aim, bio-mimicking …

Revisiting 30 years of biofunctionalization and surface chemistry of inorganic nanoparticles for nanomedicine

J Conde, JT Dias, V Grazú, M Moros… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
In the last 30 years we have assisted to a massive advance of nanomaterials in material
science. Nanomaterials and structures, in addition to their small size, have properties that …

Carbon dots as a trackable drug delivery carrier for localized cancer therapy in vivo

Q Zeng, D Shao, X He, Z Ren, W Ji, C Shan… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) with a size smaller than 10 nm, excellent biocompatibility,
and low to no cytotoxicity are considered as a rising star in nanomedicine. In this report, for …

Ratiometric fluorescent paper sensor utilizing hybrid carbon dots–quantum dots for the visual determination of copper ions

Y Wang, C Zhang, X Chen, B Yang, L Yang, C Jiang… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and effective ratiometric fluorescence nanosensor for the selective detection of
Cu2+ has been developed by covalently connecting the carboxyl-modified red fluorescent …

Dual targeted immunotherapy via in vivo delivery of biohybrid RNAi‐peptide nanoparticles to tumor‐associated macrophages and cancer cells

J Conde, C Bao, Y Tan, D Cui… - Advanced functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is associated with very poor prognosis and considered one of the leading
causes of death worldwide. Here, highly potent and selective biohybrid RNA interference …

Recent advancements in biocompatible inorganic nanoparticles towards biomedical applications

M Jiao, P Zhang, J Meng, Y Li, C Liu, X Luo… - Biomaterials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their intrinsic physical properties potentially useful for imaging and therapy as well as
their highly engineerable surface, biocompatible inorganic nanoparticles offer novel …

Nanotechnology: a promising method for oral cancer detection and diagnosis

XJ Chen, XQ Zhang, Q Liu, J Zhang, G Zhou - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Oral cancer is a common and aggressive cancer with high morbidity, mortality, and
recurrence rate globally. Early detection is of utmost importance for cancer prevention and …