Advances in biomaterials for drug delivery

OS Fenton, KN Olafson, PS Pillai… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in biomaterials for drug delivery are enabling significant progress in biology and
medicine. Multidisciplinary collaborations between physical scientists, engineers, biologists …

Antimicrobial metal nanomaterials: from passive to stimuli‐activated applications

S Cheeseman, AJ Christofferson, R Kariuki… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of antimicrobial drug resistance among pathogenic bacteria and fungi is
one of the most significant health issues of the 21st century. Recently, advances in …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronic acid-based nanoplatforms for Doxorubicin: A review of stimuli-responsive carriers, co-delivery and resistance suppression

M Ashrafizadeh, S Mirzaei, MH Gholami… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
An important motivation for the use of nanomaterials and nanoarchitectures in cancer
therapy emanates from the widespread emergence of drug resistance. Although doxorubicin …

[HTML][HTML] Taking phototherapeutics from concept to clinical launch

BM Vickerman, EM Zywot, TK Tarrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
More than four decades have passed since the first example of a light-activated (caged)
compound was described. In the intervening years, a large number of light-responsive …

Biocompatibility, biodegradation and excretion of polylactic acid (PLA) in medical implants and theranostic systems

D Da Silva, M Kaduri, M Poley, O Adir, N Krinsky… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) is the most commonly used biodegradable polymer in clinical
applications today. Examples range from drug delivery systems, tissue engineering …

Wireless smart contact lens for diabetic diagnosis and therapy

DH Keum, SK Kim, J Koo, GH Lee, C Jeon, JW Mok… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
A smart contact lens can be used as an excellent interface between the human body and an
electronic device for wearable healthcare applications. Despite wide investigations of smart …

Metal–organic‐framework‐derived carbon nanostructure augmented sonodynamic cancer therapy

X Pan, L Bai, H Wang, Q Wu, H Wang, S Liu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) can overcome the critical issue of depth‐penetration barrier of
photo‐triggered therapeutic modalities. However, the discovery of sonosensitizers with high …

Light: a magical tool for controlled drug delivery

Y Tao, HF Chan, B Shi, M Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light is a particularly appealing tool for on‐demand drug delivery due to its noninvasive
nature, ease of application, and exquisite temporal and spatial control. Great progress is …

Wearable bioelectronics for chronic wound management

C Wang, E Shirzaei Sani, W Gao - Advanced functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic wounds are a major healthcare issue and can adversely affect the lives of millions
of patients around the world. The current wound management strategies have limited clinical …

pH-sensitive delivery vehicle based on folic acid-conjugated polydopamine-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy

W Cheng, J Nie, L Xu, C Liang, Y Peng… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this study, we introduced a targeting polymer poly (ethylene glycol)–folic acid (PEG–FA)
on the surface of polydopamine (PDA)-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) to …