Bacterial resistance to the antibiotics develops rapidly and is increasingly serious health
concern in the world. It is an insoluble topic due to the multiple resistant mechanisms. The …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising therapeutic modality for cancer. However,
current protocols using bare drugs suffer from several limitations that impede its beneficial …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment modality for clinical cancer therapy.
However, the therapeutic effect of PDT is strongly dependent on the property of …

Introduction The surface modification of nanoparticles (NP) with a dense layer of
polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been widely used to improve NP circulation time …

The aim of this work was to study the effect of different physically‐adsorbed coating
polymers on the cytotoxic activity of optimized bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC) loaded …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive and effective procedure for treatment of
cancer, based on the combination of a drug (photosensitizer, PS), light (visible or near …

In chemotherapy a fine balance between therapeutic and toxic effects needs to be found for
each patient, adapting standard combination protocols each time. Nanotherapeutics has …

Their limited solubility and lack of tumor selectivity limit the clinical usefulness of
photosensitizers. Various nanostructures have been evaluated as delivery agents for …

The folate receptor (FR) is over-expressed in many human tumours and is being intensively
studied also in the field of nanomedicine as a target to enhance the selectivity of drug …

For the treatment of intestinal tumors by oral administration of drugs, the mucus layer of the
intestine represents a barrier, but also a target possibility for drug. The use of nanoparticular …