Nanoparticles: Taking a unique position in medicine

TM Joseph, D Kar Mahapatra, A Esmaeili, Ł Piszczyk… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human nature of curiosity, wonder, and ingenuity date back to the age of humankind. In
parallel with our history of civilization, interest in scientific approaches to unravel …

Fantastic voyage of nanomotors into the cell

PL Venugopalan, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Richard Feynman's 1959 vision of controlling devices at small scales and swallowing the
surgeon has inspired the science-fiction Fantastic Voyage film and has played a crucial role …

Metallic nanoparticles as drug delivery system for the treatment of cancer

N Desai, M Momin, T Khan, S Gharat… - Expert opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The targeted delivery of anticancer agents to tumor is a major challenge
because most of the drugs show off-target effect resulting in nonspecific cell death …

Curcumin nanoformulations: a review of pharmaceutical properties and preclinical studies and clinical data related to cancer treatment

O Naksuriya, S Okonogi, RM Schiffelers, WE Hennink - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Curcumin, a natural yellow phenolic compound, is present in many kinds of herbs,
particularly in Curcuma longa Linn.(turmeric). It is a natural antioxidant and has shown many …

Synthesis, functionalization, and design of magnetic nanoparticles for theranostic applications

J Mosayebi, M Kiyasatfar… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In order to translate nanotechnology into medical practice, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)
have been presented as a class of non‐invasive nanomaterials for numerous biomedical …

Active targeting drug delivery nanocarriers: Ligands

FS Anarjan - Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2019 - Elsevier
There are two kinds of targeted drug delivery systems:(I) Active targeted drug delivery (smart
drug delivery) based on ligands affiliation to receptors,(II) Passive targeted drug delivery …

Recent developments in curcumin and curcumin based polymeric materials for biomedical applications: A review

K Mahmood, KM Zia, M Zuber, M Salman… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a popular Indian spice that has been used for centuries in
herbal medicines for the treatment of a variety of ailments such as rheumatism, diabetic …

Stimuli-sensitive nanopreparations for combination cancer therapy

A Jhaveri, P Deshpande, V Torchilin - Journal of controlled release, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanocarriers have revolutionized drug delivery practices over the past couple of decades,
primarily due to the advances in materials chemistry, nanotechnology and nanomedicine …

Polymer nanoparticles for the intravenous delivery of anticancer drugs: the checkpoints on the road from the synthesis to clinical translation

R Ferrari, M Sponchioni, M Morbidelli, D Moscatelli - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review article we discuss some of the key aspects concerning the development of a
polymer-based nanoparticle formulation for intravenous drug delivery. Since numerous …

Recent advances in nanoparticle-based cancer treatment: a review

S Bajpai, SK Tiwary, M Sonker, A Joshi… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advent and subsequent development of nanotechnology in the past few years have
been a boon to the healthcare industry and especially in cancer therapy. Cancer, as it is …