[HTML][HTML] Impact of microplastics and nanoplastics on human health

MSL Yee, LW Hii, CK Looi, WM Lim, SF Wong, YY Kok… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastics have enormous impacts to every aspect of daily life including technology, medicine
and treatments, and domestic appliances. Most of the used plastics are thrown away by …

[HTML][HTML] Drug release study of the chitosan-based nanoparticles

Y Herdiana, N Wathoni, S Shamsuddin, M Muchtaridi - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Recently, multifunctional drug delivery systems (DDSs) have been designed to provide a
comprehensive approach with multiple functionalities, including diagnostic imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Crossing the blood-brain barrier: advances in nanoparticle technology for drug delivery in neuro-oncology

AM Hersh, S Alomari, BM Tyler - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) constitutes a microvascular network responsible for excluding
most drugs from the brain. Treatment of brain tumors is limited by the impermeability of the …

[HTML][HTML] Liposomes in cancer therapy: how did we start and where are we now

MD Fulton, W Najahi-Missaoui - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since their first discovery in the 1960s by Alec Bangham, liposomes have been shown to be
effective drug delivery systems for treating various cancers. Several liposome-based …

An updated overview on metal nanoparticles toxicity

S Medici, M Peana, A Pelucelli, MA Zoroddu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Although thousands of different nanoparticles (NPs) have been identified and synthesized to
date, well-defined, consistent guidelines to control their exposure and evaluate their …

[HTML][HTML] Toxicity of metal-based nanoparticles: Challenges in the nano era

N Zhang, G Xiong, Z Liu - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the rapid progress of nanotechnology, various nanoparticles (NPs) have been
applicated in our daily life. In the field of nanotechnology, metal-based NPs are an important …

Metal nanoparticles as a promising technology in targeted cancer treatment

JJ Xu, WC Zhang, YW Guo, XY Chen, YN Zhang - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Traditional anticancer treatments have several limitations, but cancer is still one of the
deadliest diseases. As a result, new anticancer drugs are required for the treatment of …

Nanoparticles‐induced potential toxicity on human health: applications, toxicity mechanisms, and evaluation models

L Xuan, Z Ju, M Skonieczna, PK Zhou, R Huang - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles (NPs) have become one of the most popular objects of scientific study during
the past decades. However, despite wealth of study reports, still there is a gap, particularly in …

Nano-drug delivery system targeting tumor microenvironment: a prospective strategy for melanoma treatment

M Xu, S Li - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Melanoma, the most aggressive form of cutaneous malignancy arising from melanocytes, is
frequently characterized by metastasis. Despite considerable progress in melanoma …

[HTML][HTML] Scale-up polymeric-based nanoparticles drug delivery systems: Development and challenges

Y Herdiana, N Wathoni, S Shamsuddin, M Muchtaridi - OpenNano, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of nanotechnology as a crucial technology in recent years has resulted in
new and creative nanomedicine applications. The characteristics of nanomedicine are …