Bioactive glasses incorporating less-common ions to improve biological and physical properties

U Pantulap, M Arango-Ospina… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - Springer
Bioactive glasses (BGs) have been a focus of research for over five decades for several
biomedical applications. Although their use in bone substitution and bone tissue …

A critical review of bioactive glasses and glass–ceramics in cancer therapy

A Moeini, T Hassanzadeh Chinijani… - … Journal of Applied …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
There is an ongoing profound shift in using glass as a primarily passive material to one that
instills active properties. We believe and demonstrate that bioactive glasses (BGs) and glass …

The various therapeutic applications of the medical isotope holmium-166: a narrative review

NJM Klaassen, MJ Arntz, A Gil Arranja… - EJNMMI radiopharmacy …, 2019‏ - Springer
Over the years, a broad spectrum of applications of the radionuclide holmium-166 as a
medical isotope has been established. The isotope holmium-166 is attractive as it emits high …

Nanostructured bioactive glasses: A bird's eye view on cancer therapy

S Kargozar, A Moghanian, A Rashvand… - Wiley …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bioactive glasses (BGs) arewell known for their successful applications in tissue
engineering and regenerative medicine. Recent experimental studies have shown their …

Sol-gel-derived 58S bioactive glass containing holmium aiming brachytherapy applications: a dissolution, bioactivity, and cytotoxicity study

GP Delpino, R Borges, T Zambanini, JFS Joca… - Materials Science and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Bioactive glasses containing rare earth elements have been proposed as promising
candidates for applications in brachytherapy of bone cancer. However, their safety relies on …

Holmium-containing bioactive glasses dispersed in poloxamer 407 hydrogel as a theragenerative composite for bone cancer treatment

T Zambanini, R Borges, ACS de Souza, GZ Justo… - Materials, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Holmium-containing bioactive glasses can be applied in bone cancer treatment because the
holmium content can be neutron activated, having suitable properties for brachytherapy …

Structural characterization of bioactive glasses containing rare earth elements (Gd and/or Yb)

R Borges, JF Schneider, J Marchi - Journal of Materials Science, 2019‏ - Springer
Rare earth-containing bioactive glasses are promising materials for biomedical applications
like brachytherapy, luminescence-based imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, among …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical radioactive glasses for brachytherapy

F Baino, E Fiume, S Ciavattini, S Kargozar, R Borges… - Materials, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The fight against cancer is an old challenge for mankind. Apart from surgery and
chemotherapy, which are the most common treatments, use of radiation represents a …

Dissolution, bioactivity behavior, and cytotoxicity of rare earth‐containing bioactive glasses (RE= Gd, Yb)

T Zambanini, R Borges, PC Faria… - … Journal of Applied …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rare earth‐containing bioactive glasses (RE‐BGs) have been poorly explored in the
biomaterials field, although RE has optical, nuclear, and magnetic properties that could be …

Calculation of dose point kernel values for monoenergetic electrons and beta emitting radionuclides: Intercomparison of Monte Carlo codes

BM Mendes, PCG Antunes, ISL Branco… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) and beta-emitting seeds brachytherapy (BSBT) exploit
the characteristics of energy deposited by beta-emitting radionuclides. Monte Carlo (MC) …