The immune system deploys a multitude of innate and adaptive mechanisms not only to
ward off pathogens but also to prevent malignant transformation (“immune surveillance”) …

Recently, diverse functional materials that take subcellular structures as therapeutic targets
are playing increasingly important roles in cancer therapy. Here, particular emphasis is …

History shows that metal-based drugs and remedies have been known and used since very
ancient times. For example, silver was employed in the treatment of wounds and ulcers …

The fabrication of functional nanoplatforms for combating multidrug‐resistant bacteria is of
vital importance. Among them, silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have shown an antibacterial …

The clinical success of platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents was of enormous impact
on the discovery of novel metal N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes as potential anti …

Octahedral Ir (III) complexes bearing cyclometalated ligands exhibit a great stability in
biological media and are excellent therapeutical and phototherapeutical candidates for …

The clinical success of the platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents has prompted the
investigation of coordination and organometallic complexes of alternative metal centers for …

Conspectus Iridium is a relatively rare precious heavy metal, only slightly less dense than
osmium. Researchers have long recognized the catalytic properties of square-planar IrI …

Despite encouraging results from preliminary studies of anticancer therapies, the lack of
tumor specificity remains an important issue in the modern pharmaceutical industry. New …

Ruthenium (II) and iridium (III) coordination compounds display excellent structural,
photophysical, and biological properties which make them highly promising as anticancer …