Peptides are strings of approximately 2–50 amino acids, which have gained huge attention
for theranostic applications in cancer research due to their various advantages including …

Peptides are ideal biologicals for targeted drug delivery and have also been increasingly
employed as theranostic tools in treating various diseases, including cancer, with minimal or …

Since their initial discovery more than 30 years ago, tumor-homing peptides have become
an increasingly useful tool for targeted delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents into …

With rapidly growing knowledge in bioinformatics related to peptides and proteins, amino
acid-based drug-design strategies have recently gained importance in pharmaceutics. In the …

Targeted use of nanoparticles in vitro, in cells, and in vivo requires nanoparticle surface
functionalization. Moieties that can be used for such a purpose include small molecules as …

Employing a peptide-based nanoscale drug delivery system is an effective strategy to
overcome the poor therapeutic outcomes of chemotherapeutic drugs. Here, we developed a …

In order to improve their bioapplications, inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are usually
functionalized with specific biomolecules. Peptides with short amino acid sequences have …

Supramolecular nanostructured based delivery systems are emerging as a meaningful
approach in the treatment of cancer, offering controlled drug release and improved …

Cancer has become one of the leading causes of mortality globally. The major challenges of
conventional cancer therapy are the failure of most chemotherapeutic agents to accumulate …

Functional peptides that are made up of diverse endogenous amino acids with a specific
sequence and length have shown various functionalities including specific biological …