Super-resolution imaging techniques that overcome the diffraction limit of light have gained
wide popularity for visualizing cellular structures with nanometric resolution. Following the …

The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

Coating the surface of nanoparticles with polyethylene glycol (PEG), or “PEGylation”, is a
commonly used approach for improving the efficiency of drug and gene delivery to target …

Cancer remains a serious threat to human health owing to the lack of effective treatments.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a promising non-invasive cancer treatment …

Magnetic nanoparticles have received tremendous attention in diverse fields because of
their unique nanoscale physicochemical properties and the potential for a wide range of …

In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an important report entitled
“Innovation/Stagnation: Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical …

The development of nanoparticles (NPs) for use in all facets of oncological disease
detection and therapy has shown great progress over the past two decades. NPs have been …

Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormone therapy are the main common anti-
tumor therapeutic approaches. However, the non-specific targeting of cancer cells has made …

2. INTRODUCTION The investigation of many fundamental processes in life sciences
requires straightforward tools for fast, sensitive, reliable, and reproducible detection of …

Simple Summary The current main technological strategies for the delivery of anticancer
drugs are discussed herein. This comprehensive review may help researchers design …