Cancer has been growing nowadays consequently high number of death ascertained
worldwide. The medical intervention involves chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgical …

Nanoparticles based on nanotechnology and biotechnology have emerged as efficient
carriers for various biopharmaceutical agents including proteins and genes. In particular …

This study focuses on synthesis and characterization of chitosan ascorbate nanoparticles
(CANs) from a salified carboxylate form of chitosan with ascorbic acid. Evident changes …

The blood–urine barrier is the tightest and most impermeable barrier in the body and as
such represents a problem for intravesical drug delivery applications. Differentiation …

This chapter focuses on natural-based biocompatible and biodegradable materials that are
used as matrices/carriers for controlled release or targeted biodistribution of nanoscale …

Multifunctional theranostic nanoagents which realize precise diagnosis and treatment of
tumors are attracting increasing interests in recent years. However, efficient and controlled …

Currently available chemotherapy is associated with serious side effects, and therefore
novel drug delivery systems (DDSs) are required to specifically deliver anticancer drugs to …

Abstract Background/Aims: Our previous study found that a nanoparticle drug delivery
system that operates as a drug carrier and controlled release system not only improves the …

Background: Chitosan-based nano-biocomposite has received more and more attentions in
the past few years because of the outstanding merits that chitosan is a natural polymer with …

Polymeric nanocarriers were prepared via a dialysis method using three chitosan
derivatives, N-benzyl-N, O-succinyl chitosan (BSCT), N-naphthyl-N, O-succinyl chitosan …