Development of Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy 2.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 21508
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to reopen the Special Issue concerning “Development of Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy” due to the high interest received in the previous edition from scholars, researchers and scientists.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide with over 10 million cases each year. All typical treatments for malignant tumours (e.g., surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and hyperthermia) have severe limitations that should be adequately addressed. The use of nanoscale polymeric systems can solve some specific problems, such as, for example, the low specificity or the short blood circulation of drugs used in chemotherapy. Efficient drug encapsulation, the protection capability of the payload from the immune system, specific targeting to tumour sites, enhanced cell penetration, stimuli-sensitivity for drug delivery and live-cell imaging are some of the inherent potentials associated with the use of nanoparticles. The previous Special Issue showed different specific and interesting examples about the use of plasmonic nanoparticles, magnetic liposomes, montmorillonite nanocomposites, uracil-functionalized micelles, ruthenium dendrimers and nanoparticles, based on functionalized graphene oxide, carbon nanotubes, aragonite, hydroxyapatite, gold and iron oxide that merit being expanded or complemented.
This new Special Issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences will pursue the discussion and presentation of recent advances in the design of nanoparticles for cancer treatment. Furthermore, the issue will provide a comprehensive view of recent developments in Polymer chemistry in cancer treatment.
Prof. Dr. Jordi Puiggalí
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanoparticles
- liposomes
- polymersomes
- micelles
- surface functionalization
- cell targeting
- stimuli-sensitivity
- drug delivery
- therapeutic applications
- diagnostic applications
- cancer treatment
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