The ultimate goal of drug delivery is to increase the bioavailability and reduce the toxic side
effects of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) by releasing them at a specific site of …

Chemotherapy has been widely applied in clinics. However, the therapeutic potential of
chemotherapy against cancer is seriously dissatisfactory due to the nonspecific drug …

Cancer accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) worldwide in 2008.(1)
Almost 13 million cancer cases are newly diagnosed every year, and deaths are projected to …

Skin cancers are by far the most common malignancy of humans, particularly in the white
population. The growing incidence of cutaneous malignancies has heralded the need for …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive combinatorial therapeutic modality using
light, photosensitizer (PS), and oxygen used for the treatment of cancer and other diseases …

Different mechanisms in cancer cells become resistant to one or more chemotherapeutics is
known as multidrug resistance (MDR) which hinders chemotherapy efficacy. Potential …

Folic acid is a small molecule, also known as vitamin B 9. It is an essential compound
involved in important biochemical processes. It is widely used as a vector for targeted …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticle‐supported lipid bilayers, termed 'protocells,'represent a
potentially transformative class of therapeutic and theranostic delivery vehicle. The field of …

Research on mesoporous materials for biomedical and biological applications has
experienced an outstanding increase during recent years. This review with ca. 420 …

The combination of photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) can kill
cancer cells more efficiently as compared with PTT or PDT treatment alone. In this work, we …