Dendrimers are highly branched polymers with easily modifiable surfaces. This makes them
promising structures for functionalization and also for conjugation with drugs and DNA/RNA …

Drug delivery systems for cancer chemotherapy are employed to improve the effectiveness
and decrease the side-effects of highly toxic drugs. Most chemotherapy agents have …

Chemotherapy is the first choice in the treatment of cancer and is always preferred to other
approaches such as radiation and surgery, but it has never met the need of patients for a …

Cancer immunotherapy has been researched as a major modality of treatment which
involves activating the immune system of the patient to fight against tumor cells. Dendrimers …

Dendrimers are macromolecules with high-polymeric branching capable of undergoing
major modifications. These characteristics make them an efficient nanocarrier capable of …

Due to their nanometric size, dendrimers have been considered as potentially suitable as
new vehicles for drug delivery since their infancy. The association of a dendrimer and a drug …

Dendrimers have unique molecular architectures and properties that make them attractive
materials for the development of nanomedicines. Key properties such as defined …

Dendrimers in nanobiomedicine have attracted attention to overcome the biological barriers
because of their suitable characteristics such as nanosize, hyperbranching polymeric …

The successful delivery of nucleic acids to particular target sites is the challenge that is
being addressed using a variety of viral and nonviral delivery systems, both of which have …

Highlights•Dendrimers are nanovectors with well-defined architecture and tunable surface
characteristics.•Dendrimers can take advantage of passive and active tumor targeting for …