Platinum-based drugs cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin are widely used for
chemotherapeutic eradication of cancer. However, the side effects of platinum drugs, such …

Cancer remains as one of the most significant health problems, with approximately 19
million people diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is a routinely used method to …

This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Over the past few years, nanotechnology has been attracting considerable research
attention because of their outstanding mechanical, electromagnetic and optical properties …

Carbon dots (CDs), comprising crystalline graphitized carbon cores and polymer surface
groups, are currently attracting a lot of interest in biological fields owing to their fluorescent …

Metal agents have made incredible strides in preclinical research and clinical applications in
recent years, but their short emission/absorption wavelengths continue to be a barrier to …

Platinum (Pt) compounds entered the clinic as anticancer agents when cisplatin was
approved in 1978. More than 40 years later, even in the era of precision medicine and …

Cancer is the deadliest disease in the world behind heart disease. Sadly, this remains true
even as we suffer the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst current chemo-and …

Metals play vital roles in nutrients and medicines and provide chemical functionalities that
are not accessible to purely organic compounds. At least 10 metals are essential for human …

The discovery of the medicinal properties of gold complexes has fuelled the design and
synthesis of new anticancer metallodrugs, which have received special attention due to their …