The design of multifunctional nanoparticles for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes continues to be a subject of tremendous research. Indeed, such nanocarriers associate the unique properties of multifunctional nanoparticles, which can be specifically designed for the site-specific delivery of various molecules, to those of diagnostic and/or therapeutic drugs.
This Special Issue aims to provide some recent advances in the development of those multifunctional nanovectors for diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications.
In this Special Issue, there are research articles focusing on the preparation and characterization of functional nanovectors for site-specific anti-cancer drug delivery [1,2,3] and review articles on the uses of polymeric nanoplatforms for the targeted delivery of imaging and therapeutic molecules [4] and biomedical applications [5] and on recent advances in the design of phthalocyanine loaded polymeric nanoparticles for cancer photodynamic therapy [6].
We think that the results presented in this Special Issue might be useful for researchers working in the field of nanoparticles design for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes.
Lastly, I would like to sincerely thank all the authors who contributed to the success of this Special Issue with respect to the quality of their research and manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Acknowledgments
The invited editor and editors acknowledge all the authors who participated to this Special Issue for submitting high quality manuscript.
Conflicts of Interest
The author declares no conflict of interest.
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