Since its discovery, the Phe-Phe motif has gained in popularity as a minimalist building block to drive the self-assembly of short peptides and their analogues into nanostructures and hydrogels. Molecules based on the Phe-Phe motif have found a range of applications in nanomedicine, from drug delivery and biomaterials to new therapeutic paradigms. Here we discuss the various production methods ...

Introduction: Targeted drug delivery systems are nanoscale drug carrier molecules designed for improving the communication of cellular and molecular components and biodistribution of tumour targeted drug (chemo) therapeutics. Nanomaterials are generally clusters of molecules, atoms and molecular fragments into extremely small size particles (1-100 nm) in nature. Nanomaterials engineered as self...

The use of nanoparticles as novel diagnostic and therapeutic tools has gained immense attention in the field of cancer management. Nano-based therapies offer numerous possibilities such as enhanced drug solubility and stability, extended circulation times, tissue, cell, organelle-specific targeting, early detection and monitoring of diseases, stimuli-controlled drug release and co-delivery of m...