Multifunctional Nanocarriers for Advanced Therapy and Diagnosis
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Bio-Engineered Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 741
Editor
Interests: design, development, and characterization of polymeric nanocarrier-based formulations for targeted delivery of small molecule drugs; plasmid DNA, siRNA, proteins, and peptides to treat cancer and neurological disorders; stem cell-based therapies for regenerative medicine, immunotherapy, and tumor-targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics; pharmacokinetic, toxicokinetic, and metabolic profiling of small molecule drug candidates and biologics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The advancement of drug-delivery systems has significantly enhanced therapeutic efficacy, minimized adverse effects, and facilitated precision medicine. This Special Issue seeks original research articles, reviews, and communications on recent progress in Multifunctional Nanocarriers for Advanced Therapy and Diagnosis that respond to internal or external stimuli, actively target disease sites, or dynamically adapt to the biological environment.
We particularly encourage contributions addressing any of the following themes:
- Design, synthesis, and physicochemical characterization of nanocarriers.
- Functionalization with targeting ligands and biomimetic coatings.
- Stimuli-responsive behaviors, including responses to pH, redox conditions, enzymes, temperature, light, magnetic fields, ultrasound, mechanical forces, and hybrid triggers.
- Strategies for overcoming biological barriers, such as achieving circulation stability, evading immune clearance, facilitating extravasation, enhancing tumor penetration, improving intracellular trafficking, and promoting lysosomal escape.
- Controlled or on-demand drug release profiles, co-delivery of multiple active agents, including small molecules, biologics, and nucleic acids, as well as theranostic nanocarriers.
- Pre-clinical evaluation, including in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo biodistribution, pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy assessments, and mechanistic studies.
Dr. Buddhadev Layek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanocarriers
- targeted drug delivery
- stimuli-responsive nanoparticles
- biological barriers
- smart delivery systems
- nanotheranostics
- functionalized nanoparticles
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