Dendrimer nanoparticles for colorectal cancer applications

Dendrimer-based nanoparticles for cancer therapy.

Recent work has suggested that nanoparticles in the form of dendrimers may be a keystone in the future of therapeutics. The field of oncology could soon be revolutionized by novel strategies for diagnosis and therapy employing dendrimer-based nanotherapeutics. Several aspects of cancer therapy would be involved. Diagnosis using imaging techniques such as MRI will be improved by the incorporatio...

Dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and applications to catalysis.

This Account reports the synthesis and characterization of dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticles and their applications to catalysis. These materials are prepared by sequestering metal ions within dendrimers followed by chemical reduction to yield the corresponding zerovalent metal nanoparticle. The size of such particles depends on the number of metal ions initially loaded into the dendri...

Dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticles and their applications to catalysis

This account describes the synthesis, characterization, and applications to catalysis of dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticles (DEMNs). These materials are synthesized by a template approach in which metal ions are sorbed into the interior of dendrimers and then subsequently chemically reduced to yield nearly size-monodisperse, zero-valent metal particles having dimensions of less than 4 n...

New Approaches to Use Nanoparticles for Treatment of Colorectal Cancer; a Brief Review

Nanoparticles have been at the center of research focus as a new promising material for the treatment of cancer in recent years. Although many chemotherapy drugs for cancer treatment are available, their potential toxicity is the main point of concern. On the other hand, the conventional chemotherapeutic approach has not been found to be very efficient in colorectal cancer (CRC) as the drug mol...

Folic acid-modified diatrizoic acid-linked dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles as nanoprobes for targeted CT imaging of human cervical cancer