Cancer nanomedicines were initially envisioned as magic bullets, travelling through the
circulation to target tumours while sparing healthy tissues the toxicity of classic …

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a versatile polymer that is widely used as an additive in foods
and cosmetics, and as a carrier in PEGylated therapeutics. Even though PEG is thought to …

As one of the most important cancer treatment strategies, conventional chemotherapy has
substantial side effects and leads easily to cancer treatment failure. Therefore, exploring and …

Nanomedicine has been extensively explored to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy with
modest therapeutic efficacy in the clinic, owing to various factors. A primary factor is …

In tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, a biomaterial provides mechanical support
and biochemical signals to encourage cell attachment and modulate cell behaviour …

Cancer continues to be one of the most difficult global healthcare problems. Although there
is a large library of drugs that can be used in cancer treatment, the problem is selectively …

Liposomes and polymersomes are colloidal vesicles that are self-assembled from lipids and
amphiphilic polymers, respectively. Because of their ability to encapsulate both hydrophilic …

Current cancer nanomedicines can only mitigate adverse effects but fail to enhance
therapeutic efficacies of anticancer drugs. Rational design of next‐generation cancer …

The therapeutic efficacy of drugs is dependent upon the ability of a drug to reach its target,
and drug penetration into tumors is limited by abnormal vasculature and high interstitial …

In vivo imaging, which enables us to peer deeply within living subjects, is producing
tremendous opportunities both for clinical diagnostics and as a research tool. Contrast …