1School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China 2Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA 3School of Radiation Medicine and Protection & School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China 4Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine andWinship ...

The field of theranostics is growing rapidly as therapeutic regimes are increasingly being integrated and guided by diagnostic practices such as medical imaging. There is some room for discussion about the general definition of a theranostic agent, if there exists such a definition. Is it a diagnostic imaging agent that is used in the context to guide surgical procedures? Or rather, is it a the...

A targeted theranostic platinum(IV) prodrug based on a luminogen with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics was developed for selective and real-time monitoring of drug activation in situ.

Organo-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles, loaded with ibuprofen into the pores and functionalized on the external surface with a stable Gd(iii)-DOTA-monoamide chelate, were prepared and explored as potential theranostic probes.