Ultrasound-based micro-/nanosystems for biomedical applications

H Huang, Y Zheng, M Chang, J Song, L Xia… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Due to the intrinsic non-invasive nature, cost-effectiveness, high safety, and real-time
capabilities, besides diagnostic imaging, ultrasound as a typical mechanical wave has been …

Organoids and organs-on-chips: insights into predicting the efficacy of systemic treatment in colorectal cancer

J Zhu, L Ji, Y Chen, H Li, M Huang, Z Dai, J Wang… - Cell Death …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer heterogeneity has posed a great challenge to traditional cancer treatment, with the
reappearance of cancer heterogeneity of inter and intra patients being especially critical …

Nano-ultrasonic contrast agent for chemoimmunotherapy of breast cancer by immune metabolism reprogramming and tumor autophagy

X Yang, M Zhao, Z Wu, C Chen, Y Zhang, L Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The functional status of innate immune cells is a considerable determinant of effective
antitumor immune response. However, the triple-negative breast cancer tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal molecular imaging in drug discovery and development

I Vermeulen, EM Isin, P Barton, B Cillero-Pastor… - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
In addition to individual imaging techniques, the combination and integration of several
imaging techniques, so-called multimodal imaging, can provide large amounts of …

Nanobubbles for therapeutic delivery: Production, stability and current prospects

DVB Batchelor, FJ Armistead, N Ingram… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanobubbles (NBs) have recently garnered widespread attention for their potential use as
dual diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Similar to their micron-sized relatives …

Sub-millimetre precision of drug delivery in the brain from ultrasound-triggered nanodroplets

H Lea-Banks, K Hynynen - Journal of Controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug-loaded nanoscale cavitation agents, called nanodroplets, are an attractive solution to
enhance and localize drug delivery, offering increased stability and prolonged half-life in …

Targeted microbubbles for drug, gene, and cell delivery in therapy and immunotherapy

JA Navarro-Becerra, MA Borden - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbubbles are 1–10 μm diameter gas-filled acoustically-active particles, typically
stabilized by a phospholipid monolayer shell. Microbubbles can be engineered through …

State-of-the-art of ultrasound-triggered drug delivery from ultrasound-responsive drug carriers

CH Fan, YJ Ho, CW Lin, N Wu… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Delivering sufficient therapeutics at the target site without off-target effects is a
major goal of drug delivery technology innovation. Among the established methods …

Drug delivery systems for colorectal cancer chemotherapy

W Chen, K Shi, Y Yu, P Yang, Z Bei, D Mo… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer causes the third most common type of malignant tumors with high
morbidity and mortality. Chemotherapy is currently one of the most effective and common …

The influence of nanobubble size and stability on ultrasound enhanced drug delivery

DVB Batchelor, FJ Armistead, N Ingram, SA Peyman… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lipid-shelled nanobubbles (NBs) are emerging as potential dual diagnostic and therapeutic
agents. Similar to their micron-scale counterparts, microbubbles (1–10 μm), they can act as …