Biotechnology Applications and Innovative Approaches for Cancer Prevention and Treatment (BIO-APP)
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Biologics and Biosimilars".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 396
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Interests: nanomaterials; drug delivery; theranostics; biosensing; optical spectroscopy; photochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Novel approaches within the field of biochemistry are constantly evolving, particularly in their application to biotechnologies and theranostics. Over the next few years, the healthcare landscape is going to be shaped by innovative approaches to new Point-of-Care technologies, including biosensors and lab-on-a-chip devices, which are not only useful for improving basic research studies but can also help to translate this knowledge into clinical research. Biotechnology-based approaches for nanomaterial functionalization have been exploited to obtain nanomaterials with targeted or multitargeted ligands, monoclonal antibodies, and modified nucleic acids or peptides to increase sensitivity and specificity. Stimuli-responsive or functionalized entities tailored to recognize and interact with specific tumor biomarkers, serving both as sensors for early-stage diagnosis and care tools, are currently being investigated and integrated into biosensing platforms. The rational design of integrating drug delivery and biosensing properties into a single nanomaterial could become an innovative solution for cancer prevention and treatment.
This Special Issue serves to highlight and capture the contemporary progress and current landscape of emerging biotechnologies for cancer research. We invite articles on all aspects of applied biochemistry, biotechnologies, nanomaterials, and innovative platforms for both theranostics and therapeutic strategies development to contribute to identifying novel biomarkers for the early and timely diagnosis of cancers.
Prof. Dr. Luca Vanella
Prof. Dr. Antonino Mazzaglia
Dr. Giuseppe Nocito
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- applied biochemistry
- biotechnologies
- cancer
- drug delivery
- multitarget ligands
- theranostics
- biomarkers
- point-of-care testing
- sensitive nanomaterials
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