Cancer is ranked as the second leading cause of death globally. Traditional cancer
therapies including chemotherapy are flawed, with off-target and on-target toxicities on the …

Nanoparticles for the detection and treatment of cancer have suffered from limited clinical
translation. A key problem has been the lack of understanding of the mechanisms of …

Nanomaterials (NM) arouse interest in various fields of science and industry due to their
composition-tunable properties and the ease of modification. They appear currently as …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have become important fluorescent probes for in vitro
and in vivo bioimaging research. Their nanoparticle surfaces for versatile bioconjugation …

The understanding of biological systems at the molecular scale is increasingly reliant on the
capability of tracking miscellaneous biomolecules and their events with improved spatial …

Optical imaging for biological applications requires more sensitive tools. Near-infrared
persistent luminescence nanoparticles enable highly sensitive in vivo optical detection and …

Three major approaches of cancer therapy can be enunciated as delivery of biotherapeutics,
tumor image analysis, and immunotherapy. Liposomes, artificial fat bubbles, are long known …

(5aR, 11bS)-4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia-5-azacyclopent-1-ena [c]
phenanthrene-9, 10-diol (A-86929): a potent and selective dopamine D1 agonist that …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopic
technique to detect molecules on or near the surface of plasmonic nanostructures, greatly …

In recent years, various nanomaterials have emerged as an exciting tool in cancer
theranostic applications due to their multifunctional property and intrinsic molecular property …