Fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) represent a new group of contrast agents for bioimaging.
One of the challenging problems in this area is to fabricate fluorescent NPs with improved …

Lung cancer is associated with very poor prognosis and considered one of the leading
causes of death worldwide. Here, highly potent and selective biohybrid RNA interference …

Magnetic iron oxide (IO) nanoparticles with a long blood retention time, biodegradability and
low toxicity have emerged as one of the primary nanomaterials for biomedical applications …

Each year more than 65,000 people are diagnosed with urinary bladder cancer, and more
than 14,000 people die from the disease in the United States. Studies in relevant animal …

Research on bioceramics has evolved from the use of inert materials for mere substitution of
living tissues towards the development of third-generation bioceramics aimed at inducing …

Quantum-dot-tagged reduced graphene oxide (QD-rGO) nanocomposites (left) internalized
into targeted tumor cells display bright fluorescence from the QDs (right); by absorbing NIR …

Objective Through binding to folate receptor-β (FR-β), the new 99m Tc–EC20 (Etarfolatide)
imaging technique detects activated but not resting macrophages in vivo. The goal of this …

Near-infrared (NIR) light possesses many suitable optophysical properties for medical
imaging including low autofluorescence, deep tissue penetration, and minimal light …

Terbium offers 4 clinically interesting radioisotopes with complementary physical decay
characteristics: 149Tb, 152Tb, 155Tb, and 161Tb. The identical chemical characteristics of …

Bioceramics, such as calcium phosphate ceramics and cements and silica-based glasses,
are widely used as components of implants for bone and teeth restoration. Nowadays, the …