Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Conventional cancer therapies
mainly focus on mass cell killing without high specificity and often cause severe side effects …

The surface of a cell represents a collection of macromolecules, which provides the cell with
a unique cellular landscape specific to the type and state of the cell. Ligands that …

Cell targeting peptides (CTP) are small peptides which have high affinity and specificity to a
cell or tissue targets. They are typically identified by using phage display and chemical …

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles were developed as positron emission
tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) bimodal imaging agents. These …

The growing advancement in nuclear medicine challenges researchers from several
different fields to integrate imaging and therapeutic modalities in a theranostic …

Biocatalysts, especially enzymes, have the ability to catalyze reactions with high product
selectivity, utilize a broad range of substrates, and maintain activity at low temperature and …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) induced hypoxia can significantly upregulate the expression of
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) at the tumor-stromal interface, resulting in a …

A gastric cancer angiogenesis marker peptide, GX1, is promising to be a desirable ligand for
anti-angiogenesis targeted drug of gastric cancer treatment. In this study, GX1 was utilized to …

Gastric cancer is still a major cancer worldwide. The early diagnosis rate of gastric cancer in
most high incidence countries is low. At present, the overall treatment effect of gastric cancer …

The NGR-containing peptides have been shown to bind specifically to
CD13/aminopeptidase N (APN) receptor, one of the attractive tumor vasculature biomarkers …