Simple Summary Integrins, a superfamily of cell adhesion receptors, were extensively
investigated as therapeutic targets over the last decades, motivated by their multiple …

Platelets are the smallest blood cells, numbering 150 to 350× 10 9/L in healthy individuals.
The ability of activated platelets to adhere to an injured vessel wall and form aggregates was …

Nanoparticles have several exciting applications in different areas and biomedial field is not
an exception of that because of their exciting performance in bioimaging, targeted drug and …

The integrin αvβ3 plays an important role in angiogenesis. It is expressed on tumoral
endothelial cells as well as on some tumor cells. RGD peptides are well-known to bind …

Nanoparticle technologies are significantly impacting the development of both therapeutic
and diagnostic agents. At the intersection between treatment and diagnosis, interest has …

Nanoparticle-based materials, such as drug delivery vehicles and diagnostic probes,
currently under evaluation in oncology clinical trials are largely not tumor selective. To be …

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging medical imaging modality that combines optical
excitation and ultrasound detection. Because ultrasound scatters much less than light in …

This article reviews the latest progresses regarding the applications of carbon nanotubes
(CNTs), including single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and multi-walled carbon …

The tumor microenvironment plays a critical role in tumor initiation, progression, metastasis,
and resistance to therapy. It is different from normal tissue in the extracellular matrix …

Summation Copper-64 (T1/2= 12.7 hours; β+, 0.653 MeV [17.8%]; β−, 0.579 MeV [38.4%])
has decay characteristics that allow for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and …