Various phytoconstituents obtained from nature have wide biological activities in chronic diseases and have wide therapeutic efficacy. The main advantage of using phytoconstituents is it provides free from adverse effects treatment where none of the medication can do. However, the physiochemical properties such as poor solubility, poor permeation, and non-targeting at the active site will creat...

The editorial titled “Nanomedicine” by Nabeel Manzar and Effa Mujeeb, published in J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, Vol. 22 (8): 481-483 was thought provoking and novel. Treatment of a physiological disorder at the genetic level and induction of a specific immunity by a genetically engineered material (genetic vaccination) are two revolutionary steps in the field of medicine. Still there is a long w...

A size and shape tuned, multifunctional metal chalcogenide, Cu2S-based nanotheranostic agent is developed for trimodal imaging and multimodal therapeutics against brain cancer cells. This theranostic agent was highly efficient in optical, photoacoustic and X-ray contrast imaging systems. The folate targeted NIR-responsive photothermal ablation in synergism with the chemotherapeutic action of do...