Aptamers and nanobodies as alternatives to antibodies for ligand-targeted drug delivery in cancer

D Sanjanwala, V Patravale - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Active targeting uses ligands to target drugs to particular tissues or
cells.•Antibodies are commonly used targeting ligands which are bulky and difficult to …

Multifunctional polymeric micelle-based nucleic acid delivery: Current advances and future perspectives

I Jarak, M Pereira-Silva, AC Santos, F Veiga… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid (NA) therapeutics are a rapidly growing class of biomedicines with the ability to
manipulate gene expression in potent and specific manner, and with the enormous potential …

RNA-polymer hybrids via direct and site-selective acylation with the ATRP initiator and photoinduced polymerization

J Jeong, X Hu, H Murata, G Szczepaniak… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combining synthetic polymers with RNA paves the way for creating RNA-based materials
with non-canonical functions. We have developed an acylation reagent that allows for direct …

Bioconjugation in materials science

C Bednarek, U Schepers, F Thomas… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the advent of bioconjugation chemistry in the last two decades, highlighted by the
Nobel Prize 2022, the quest for possible novel applications has been greatly intensified …

DNA sequence and length dictate the assembly of nucleic acid block copolymers

FJ Rizzuto, MD Dore, MG Rafique, X Luo… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of block copolymers is often rationalized by structure and microphase
separation; pathways that diverge from this parameter space may provide new mechanisms …

Interface engineering of “clickable” organic electrochemical transistors toward biosensing devices

GE Fenoy, R Hasler, C Lorenz, J Movilli… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
“Clickable” organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) allow the reliable and
straightforward functionalization of electronic devices through the well-known click chemistry …

An aptasensor based on a flexible screen-printed silver electrode for the rapid detection of chlorpyrifos

AKMS Inam, MAC Angeli, A Douaki, B Shkodra, P Lugli… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, we propose a novel disposable flexible and screen-printed electrochemical
aptamer-based sensor (aptasensor) for the rapid detection of chlorpyrifos (CPF). To optimize …

[HTML][HTML] DNA polymer conjugates: Revolutionizing neurological disorder treatment through targeted drug delivery

P Panda, SS Kar, R Mohapatra - Next Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
Neurological disorders present a formidable challenge to modern medicine due to their
complex etiology and limited treatment options. Traditional therapeutic approaches often …

Precisely Defined Aptamer-b-Poly(phosphodiester) Conjugates Prepared by Phosphoramidite Polymer Chemistry

C Loth, L Charles, JF Lutz, M Nerantzaki - ACS Macro Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Uniform conjugates combining a DNA aptamer (either anti-MUC1 or ATP aptamer) and a
synthetic polymer segment were synthesized by automated phosphoramidite chemistry. This …

Polymeric-Micelle-Based delivery systems for nucleic acids

G Sinani, ME Durgun, E Cevher, Y Özsoy - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nucleic acids can modulate gene expression specifically. They are increasingly being
utilized and show huge potential for the prevention or treatment of various diseases …