Iron oxides are chemical compounds which have different polymorphic forms, including γ-
Fe2O3 (maghemite), Fe3O4 (magnetite), and FeO (wustite). Among them, the most studied …

In recent years, considerable efforts have been spent in the development of magnetic
nanoparticles (MNPs), the understanding of their behavior, and the improvement of their …

In this review an overview about biological applications of magnetic colloidal nanoparticles
will be given, which comprises their synthesis, characterization, and in vitro and in vivo …

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are highly appealing, particularly in the biomedical field.
Nanoparticles made of iron oxide have gained a lot of attention in the last decade due to …

Molecular and cellular MR imaging is a rapidly growing field that aims to visualize targeted
macromolecules or cells in living organisms. In order to provide a different signal intensity of …

The hypothesis that cancer is driven by tumour-initiating cells (popularly known as cancer
stem cells) has recently attracted a great deal of attention, owing to the promise of a novel …

Click chemistry has great potential for use in binding between nucleic acids, lipids, proteins,
and other molecules, and has been used in many research fields because of its beneficial …

It is becoming increasingly clear that signals generated in tumor microenvironments are
crucial to tumor cell behavior, such as survival, progression and metastasis. The …

In the last decade the progress achieved on the synthesis of inorganic nanostructures has
been accompanied by the parallel exploitation of these systems in various fields, among …

The success of cellular therapies will depend in part on accurate delivery of cells to target
organs. In dendritic cell therapy, in particular, delivery and subsequent migration of cells to …