Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar
fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble …

Decades of nanotoxicology research have generated extensive and diverse data sets.
However, data is not equal to information. The question is how to extract critical information …

Transdermal drug delivery is one of the least intrusive and patient-friendly ways for
therapeutic agent administration. Recently, functional nano-systems have been …

The targeted and efficiency-oriented delivery of (therapeutic) nucleic acids raises hope for
successful gene therapy, ie, for the local and individual treatment of acquired and inherited …

This study aimed to develop an environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach to
synthesize green silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from silver precursors. Green synthesis of …

Plastic particles impact the propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in
environmental media, and their perturbation on the horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of ARGs …

Self-assembly, which makes use of molecules rather than atomic units, offers a bottom-up
approach to the construction of new materials on multiple length scales.(1-9) By precisely …

The development of polymer nanocomposites with antimicrobial properties has been a key
factor for controlling or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms and preventing foodborne …

Targeted drug delivery refers to an established therapeutic strategy that develops platforms
and nanoscale devices for selective delivery of small drug molecules and therapeutic genes …

Based on their tunable physicochemical properties and the possibility of producing cell-
specific platforms through surface modification with functional biomolecules, nanoparticles …