Implication of Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy Research, 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Nanoscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 2888
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Interests: radioresistant cancer cell biology; tumor cell radiosensitization; DNA damage signaling; mitochondria–nucleus communication; radiation-induced bystander effects; radiation response biomarkers; tumor microenvironment
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Interests: thin films; biomaterials; materials chemistry; cancer research; biomedical engineering; microscopy; tumors; cells
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Dear Colleagues,
Clinically employed classical cancer therapies can cause unselective damage to healthy tissue. A growing body of research used nanotechnology to find strategies to overcome this disadvantage. Current research is focused on developing innovative therapies based on novel nanoparticles that enhance the therapeutic effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in order to reduce toxicity. Typical nanoparticles possess a wide range of physicochemical and biological properties including nano range size (less than 100 nm), a large surface area to volume ratio, specific structural properties, the ability to carry specific agents on their surface, the capacity to form stable interactions with ligands, the ability to overcome cellular or tissue barriers and to circulate in the blood for a long time, enhanced electrical conductivity, superparamagnetic behavior, the energy absorption, unique fluorescence properties. These features allow nanoparticles to facilitate drug delivery, multimodality treatment, and theranostics (combined therapy and diagnostic).
In this Special Issue, we expect contributions from a broad community of scientists working on developing new strategies based on nanoparticles to improve cancer chemotherapy/radiotherapy.
More published papers could be found in the closed Special Issue: Implication of Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy Research.
Dr. Diana Savu
Dr. Roxana Cristina Popescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanotechnology
- nanoparticles
- nanocarriers
- drug delivery
- cancer therapy
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