A facile one‐pot synthesis of fluorescent AuNCs by using ovalbumin‐CpG
oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) conjugates as the templates, which can elicit specific …

A simple, two-step method of producing stable and functional peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-
conjugated gold nanoparticles using a surfactant stabilization step is presented. PNA are …

Cancer remains one of the most important challenges in biomedical sciences.
Chemotherapeutic agents are very potent molecules that exhibit a significant level of toxicity …

The increase in antibiotic drug resistance and the low number of new antibacterial drugs
approved in the last few decades requires the development of new antimicrobial strategies …

We present a fluorescence-based assay for the characterization of functionalized gold
nanoparticles (AuNPs) capped with a self-assembled monolayer of mixed thiols derived …

Nanoparticles have been extensively used for a variety of biomedical applications and there
is a growing need for highly specific and efficient delivery of the nanoparticles into target …

Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) is frequently used to coat various medical nanoparticles (NPs).
As PEG is known to minimize NP interactions with biological specimens, the question …

Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) have demonstrated their potential to induce antigen (Ag)-
specific immunological tolerance in multiple immune models and are at various stages of …

It has recently become clear that nanoparticle size is a major determinant for how antigen
presenting cells (APCs), and specifically dendritic cells (DC) recognize and handle particles …

To address how surface charge affects the fate of potential nanocarriers in the lung, gold
nanoparticles (AuNPs) coated with polyvinyl alcohol containing either positively (NH 2) or …