Serving as the basis of cell life, interactions between nucleic acids and proteins play
essential roles in fundamental cellular processes. Aptamers are unique single-stranded …

Developing powerful, simple and low-cost DNA amplification techniques is of great
significance to bioanalysis and biomedical research. Thus far, many signal amplification …

Intrinsically therapeutic nanoparticles (ITNPs) are a special class of nanomaterials with
capabilities of self-triggering bioactive activities (without drug) when interacting with …

Hydrogels are crosslinked hydrophilic polymers that can absorb a large amount of water. By
their hydrophilic, biocompatible and highly tunable nature, hydrogels can be tailored for …

With rapid advances in nanomedicine, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have emerged as a
promising theranostic tool in biomedical applications, including diagnostic imaging, drug …

Aptamers have come in the spotlight as bio-mimetic molecular recognition elements in the
field of biomedicine due to various applications in diagnostics, drug delivery, therapeutics …

The integrated functions of diagnostics and therapeutics make theranostics great potential
for personalized medicine. Stimulus-responsive therapy allows spatial control of therapeutic …

In the past decades, various nanomaterials with unique properties have been explored for
bioapplications. Meanwhile, aptamers, generated from the systematic evolution of ligands by …

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as porous materials have attracted much attention in
various fields such as gas storage, catalysis, separation, and nanomedical engineering …

Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA with 20-100 nucleotides in length that can
specifically bind to target molecules via formed three-dimensional structures. These …