The development of new and efficient drug delivery systems is of fundamental importance to
improve the pharmacological profiles of many classes of therapeutic molecules. Many …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been proposed and actively explored as multipurpose
innovative carriers for drug delivery and diagnostic applications. Their versatile physicochemical …

The use of carbon nanotubes in medicine is now at the crossroads between a proof-of-principle
concept and an established preclinical candidate for a variety of therapeutic and …

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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5242–5246 research.[1–11] In particular, the use of CNTs …

The development of nanomaterials for biomedical and biotechnological applications is an
area of research that holds great promise and intense interest 1 , and carbon-based …

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are intensively being developed for biomedical applications
including drug and gene delivery. Although all possible clinical applications will require …

The organic functionalisation of carbon nanotubes can improve substantially their solubility
and biocompatibility profile; as a consequence, their manipulation and integration into …

Various biomedical applications of carbon nanotubes have been proposed in the last few
years leading to the emergence of a new field in diagnostics and therapeutics. Most of these …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) constitute a class of nanomaterials that possess characteristics
suitable for a variety of possible applications. Their compatibility with aqueous environments …

For decades, clinicians have used liposomes, self-assembled lipid vesicles, as nanoscale
systems to deliver encapsulated anthracycline molecules for cancer treatment. The more …