Commercial hydrogels for biomedical applications

SH Aswathy, U Narendrakumar, I Manjubala - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Hydrogels are polymeric networks having the ability to absorb a large volume of water.
Flexibility, versatility, stimuli-responsive, soft structure are the advantages of hydrogels. It is …

Hydrogel-based controlled drug delivery for cancer treatment: a review

Z Sun, C Song, C Wang, Y Hu, J Wu - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2019 - ACS Publications
As an emerging drug carrier, hydrogels have been widely used for tumor drug delivery. A
hydrogel drug carrier can cause less severe side effects than systemic chemotherapy and …

pH-controlled nucleolin targeted release of dual drug from chitosan-gold based aptamer functionalized nano drug delivery system for improved glioblastoma treatment

A Sathiyaseelan, K Saravanakumar… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study developed the pH, and over-expressed nucleolin receptor responsive nano-drug
delivery system (nDDS) composed by bio-synthesized gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) …

Drug-encapsulated blend of PLGA-PEG microspheres: in vitro and in vivo study of the effects of localized/targeted drug delivery on the treatment of triple-negative …

SM Jusu, JD Obayemi, AA Salifu, CC Nwazojie… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is more aggressive and difficult to treat using
conventional bulk chemotherapy that is often associated with increased toxicity and side …

A review on hydrogels classification and recent developments in biomedical applications

RD Kasai, D Radhika, S Archana… - … Journal of Polymeric …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A single because of their distinctive traits, hydrogels have become the most preferred
materials for biomedical applications today. Hydrogels are three-dimensional hydrophilic …

Prodigiosin: A promising biomolecule with many potential biomedical applications

GA Islan, B Rodenak-Kladniew, N Noacco… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Pigments are among the most fascinating molecules found in nature and used by human
civilizations since the prehistoric ages. Although most of the bio-dyes reported in the …

Synthesis of mesoporous CuFe2O4@ SiO2 core-shell nanocomposite for simultaneous drug release and hyperthermia applications

M Talaei, SA Hassanzadeh-Tabrizi, A Saffar-Teluri - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present work, magnetic CuFe 2 O 4 nanoparticles were synthesized through a sol-gel
combustion. The synthesized CuFe 2 O 4 were coated with mesoporous SiO 2. The …

Curcumin inhibits the invasion and metastasis of triple negative breast cancer via Hedgehog/Gli1 signaling pathway

M Li, T Guo, J Lin, X Huang, Q Ke, Y Wu, C Fang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a long
history that curcuma longa L is used to treat distending pain of chest and belly, arthralgia of …

Review of recent advances and their improvement in the effectiveness of hydrogel-based targeted drug delivery: a hope for treating cancer

M Sonker, S Bajpai, MA Khan, X Yu… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Using hydrogels for delivering cancer therapeutics is advantageous in pharmaceutical
usage as they have an edge over traditional delivery, which is tainted due to the risk of …

Hydrogels for localized chemotherapy of liver cancer: a possible strategy for improved and safe liver cancer treatment

J Ma, B Wang, H Shao, S Zhang, X Chen, F Li… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The systemic drug has historically been preferred for the treatment of the majority of
pathological conditions, particularly liver cancer. Indeed, this mode of treatment is …