Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted tremendous interest in drug delivery in the past decades.
Microfluidics offers a promising strategy for making NPs for drug delivery due to its capability …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are attracting increasing interest for potential
biomedical applications. With tailored mesoporous structure, huge surface area and pore …

Gene therapy by expression constructs or down-regulation of certain genes has shown great
potential for the treatment of various diseases. The wide clinical application of nucleic acid …

Chitin, being the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, has been gaining
popularity since its initial discovery by Braconot in 1811. However, fundamental knowledge …

Since the elucidation of the molecular structure of nucleic acids and understanding of their
role in encoding and translating genetic information into biological function, 1 the knowledge …

RNA interference (RNAi) targeting lethal genes in insects has great potential for sustainable
crop protection. Compared with traditional double‐stranded (ds) RNA delivery systems …

This manuscript briefly reviews the extensive research as well as new developments on
chitosan based nanomaterials for various applications. Chitosan is a biocompatible and …

Gene therapy using nucleic acids has many clinical applications for the treatment of
diseases with a genetic origin as well as for the development of innovative vaccine …

In non-viral gene therapy, cationic polymers and lipids are frequently used to encapsulate
macromolecular therapeutics into nanoparticles. During their journey to deliver the cargo to …

Bone tissue engineering is an exciting approach to directly repair bone defects or engineer
bone tissue for transplantation. Biomaterials play a pivotal role in providing a template and …