Oral diseases are a prevalent global health problem that are primarily characterized by
microbial infections, inflammation, and destruction of oral tissues. Maintaining good oral …

A strategy for a redox-activatable heavy-atom-free photosensitizer (PS) based on thiolated
naphthalimide has been demonstrated. The PS exhibits excellent reactive oxygen species …

The combination of DNA with synthetic polymers paves the way to advanced materials with
appealing features, which exploits both the wisdom from nature and the synthetic strength of …

The efficiency of CDT for cancer treatment is significantly reduced due to the low
concentration of H2O2 inside the cancer cell and the poor water solubility of the traditional …

Hybrids, produced by hybridization of proteins, peptides, DNA, and other new biomolecules
with polymers, often have unique functional properties. These properties, such as …

Nonspecific adsorption of proteins on the surface of nanocarriers plays a critical role in their
cellular uptake and other biological functions. This article reports vesicular assemblies of …

Joking aside, this ethos that a true “smart material” should possess a suite of capabilities
spanning a number of properties we normally ascribe to advanced materials and that …

The site-controlled grafting of multiple polymers from nucleic acids and their purification
remain challenging. In this issue of Chem, Matyjaszewski, Das, and co-workers develop a …