Significant progress has been made in nanoscale drugs and delivery systems employing
diverse chemical formulations to facilitate the rate of drug delivery and release from the …

Nanotechnology has the potential to profoundly transform the nature of cancer diagnosis
and cancer patient management in the future. Over the past decade, quantum dots (QDs) …

In the following review we discuss several types of nanoparticles (such as TiO 2, quantum
dots, and gold nanoparticles) and their impact on the ability to image biological components …

Near-infrared-to-visible up-conversion of light by rare earth ion-doped nanophosphors
(NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+) opens new possibilities for improved biolabeling. A major obstacle to …

The integrin family plays important roles during tumor angiogenesis, the formation of new
blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature. Traditional structural and functional imaging …

The efficacy of most anticancer drugs is highly limited in vivo due mainly to poor
pharmacokinetics behavior including poor bioavailability after extravascular administration …

Nanoparticle-based molecular imaging has emerged as an interdisciplinary field which
involves physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, and medicine. Single-walled carbon …

The interactions between colloidal particles and cells are of paramount importance for
understanding the potential safety issue of the particles, which in turn provide the design …

Chitosan is an excellent polymer that has been exploited for biomedical applications
ranging from antimicrobial action to targeted drug delivery and tissue engineering. Chitosan …

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of noxious effects
of amorphous silica nanoparticles on human endothelial cells. Methods Nanoparticle uptake …