Bioactive materials are a kind of materials with unique bioactivities, which can change the
cellular behaviors and elicit biological responses from living tissues. Bioactive materials …

The current global health threat by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires
an urgent deployment of advanced therapeutic options available. The role of …

Nanoparticles have been widely used in tumor targeted drug delivery, while the antitumor
effects are not always satisfactory due to the limited penetration and retention. As we all …

Phagocytes are key cellular participants determining important aspects of host exposure to
nanomaterials, initiating clearance, biodistribution and the tenuous balance between host …

When nanoparticles are intravenously injected into the body, complement proteins deposit
on the surface of nanoparticles in a process called opsonization. These proteins prime the …

The immune system plays a critical role in our health. No other component of human
physiology plays a decisive role in as diverse an array of maladies, from deadly diseases …

The microenvironment is increasingly recognized to have key roles in cancer, and
biomaterials provide a means to engineer microenvironments both in vitro and in vivo to …

Vaccines aim to protect against or treat diseases through manipulation of the immune
response, promoting either immunity or tolerance. In the former case, vaccines generate …

Cancer nanotheranostics aims to combine imaging and therapy of cancer through use of
nanotechnology. The ability to engineer nanomaterials to interact with cancer cells at the …

It is a challenge to eradicate tumor cells while sparing normal cells. We used
magnetoelectric nanoparticles (MENs) to control drug delivery and release. The physics is …