Two articles were published recently in Nanomedicine: “Enhanced imaging and acceler‐ ated photothermalysis of A549 human lung can‐ cer cells by gold nanospheres” by Liu et al. [1] and “LANTCET: elimination of solid tumor cells with photothermal bubbles generated around clusters of gold nanoparticles” by Hleb et al. [2]. These two articles were published simultaneously and share many similaritie...

molecular dynamics simulation has been performed to analyze the effect of the presence of gold nanoparticle on dynamics of kob-anderson binary lennard-jones (blj) mixture upon supercooling within the framework of the mode coupling theory of the dynamic glass transition. the presence of gold nanoparticle has a direct effect on the liquid structure and causes the peaks of the radial distribution ...

The application of nanotechnology in medicine involves using nanomaterials to develop novel therapeutic and diagnostic modalities. Given the unique physiochemical and optical properties of gold nanoparticle (GNP) such as good biocompatibility, nontoxic nature, surface properties and comparative stability, it has been widely studied in medicine, especially as a cancer theranostic agent. Th...

A potential new photosensitizer based on a dissymmetric porphyrin derivative bearing a thiol group was synthesized. 5-[4-(11-Mercaptoundecyloxy)-phenyl-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrin (PR-SH) was used to functionalize gold nanoparticles in order to obtain a potential drug delivery system. Water-soluble multifunctional gold nanoparticles GNP-PR/PEG were prepared using the Brust-Schiffrin methodology...

Rhenium complexes functionalised with thioester-terminated alkyl chains can be attached to gold nanoparticles to yield water-soluble, visibly luminescent Re-GNP hybrid conjugates.

We demonstrate the facile synthesis of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) functionalized by UV-responsive block copolymer ligands, poly(styrene)-b-poly(o-nitrobenzene acrylate)-SH (PS-b-PNBA-SH), followed by their targeted distribution within a lamellae-forming poly(styrene)-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P2VP) block copolymer. The multilayer, micelle-like structure of the GNPs consists of a gold core, a...

Melanomas are fast growing high-mortality tumors, and specific treatments for melanomas are needed. Melanoma cells overexpress focal adhesion kinase (FAK) compared to normal keratinocytes, and we sought to exploit this difference to create a selectively lethal therapy. We combined gold nanoparticles (GNP) with antibodies targeting phosphorylated FAK (p-FAK). These conjugates (p-FAK-GNP) entered...

influenza is one of the most important viral diseases that is common among the birds and the mammalsand is caused by specific viruses that belong to the orthomyxoviridae family. migratory aquatic birds arethe reservoir of the disease and there is a likelihood of the disease in any region. there are differentmethods for detecting the avian influenza, but by the point of detection rates, the elis...