Inorganic nanoparticles provide multipurpose platforms for a broad range of delivery
applications. Intrinsic nanoscopic properties provide access to unique magnetic and optical …

In recent years, there have been major advances in the development of novel nanoparticle-
and microparticle-based therapeutics. An emerging paradigm is the incorporation of …

Encapsulation of drugs within nanocarriers that selectively target malignant cells promises to
mitigate side effects of conventional chemotherapy and to enable delivery of the unique drug …

Among various nanoparticles, the silica nanoparticle (SiNP) is an attractive candidate as a
gene delivery carrier due to advantages such as availability in porous forms for …

The therapeutic potential of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) is severely limited by the
availability of delivery platforms that protect siRNA from degradation, deliver it to the target …

Nanoparticles have emerged as the platform of choice to improve the efficacy and safety of
subunit vaccines. A major challenge underlying the use of nanomaterials in vaccines lies in …

Cancer is a dynamic disease characterized by its heterogeneous nature. This heterogeneity
results in critical problems that interfere with the eradication of cancer tumors such as …

This review explores recent work directed toward the development of nanoparticles (NPs) for
multimodality cancer imaging and targeted cancer therapy. In the growing era of precision …

In the past few years, growing attention has been devoted to the study of the interactions
taking place in mixed systems of phospholipid membranes (for instance in the form of …

Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs), which can fully recapitulate the tumor origin and are often
resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, are currently considered as a major obstacle for …