Recent studies of the chemical modification of chitin and chitosan are discussed from the viewpoint of biomedical applications. Special emphasis is placed on the role of individual functional groups in applications of modified chitosan. The modifications discussed here include chitosan attached to sugars, dendrimers, cyclodextrins, crown ethers, and glass beads. Among these derivatives, sugar-m...

DNA origami is a cutting-edge self-assembly technique that neatly folds strands and creates specific structures based on the complementary base pairing principle. These innovative nanostructures provide numerous benefits, including lower biotoxicity, increased stability, superior adaptability, making them an excellent choice for transporting anti-tumor agents. Furthermore, they can considerably...

Neuroblastoma cells can acquire resistance mechanisms that make them invulnerable to chemotherapeutic agents. The use of nanoparticles as drug carriers provides the possibility deliver several drugs simultaneously specific tumoral cell populations, improving their therapeutic outcome. Herein, development a multifunctional nanoplatform based on assembly protocells (PC) and polymeric nanocapsules...

The ability to attach different functional moieties to a molecular building block could lead to applications in nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, intelligent sensing and drug delivery. The building unit needs to be both multivalent and anisotropic, and although many anisotropic building blocks have been created, these have not been universally applicable. Recently, DNA has been used to generate v...

Controlling gene expression via small interfering RNA (siRNA) has opened the doors to a plethora of therapeutic possibilities, with many currently in the pipelines of drug development for various ocular diseases. Despite the potential of siRNA technologies, barriers to intracellular delivery significantly limit their clinical efficacy. However, recent progress in the field of drug delivery stro...