Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery and Biosensing
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 2874
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomaterials; biomedical engineering; biophysics; the application of nanomaterials in biology and medicine; physical and chemical approaches for drug delivery and sensing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanotechnology has been widely applied for drug delivery and biosensing to improve the healthcare. This Special Issue aims to bring together recent research development concerning: a) novel delivery systems for improved drug therapeutic efficacy, b) mechanisms to guide the design of nanomedicines, c) in vitro and in vivo models to test the efficacy and safety profiles of nanomedicines, and d) imaging probes and tools for studying the transport, distribution, and execration of nanomedicines; and e) innovative imaging and sensing techniques and point-of-care devices for early diagnosis of cancer and sensing of microbial.
Papers addressing a wide range of nanotechnologies for drug delivery and biosensing innovations are sought, including but not limited to recent research and developments in the following areas: improving the solubility of poor water-soluble drugs, alleviating chemotherapy’s side effects, addressing tumor hypoxia, enhancing the efficacy of anticancer therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, and immunotherapy) and antimicrobials, achieving early diagnosis of cancer, and test of bacteria species. Both review articles and original research papers associated with nanotechnology for drug delivery and biosensing are solicited.
Dr. Michael Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanomedicine
- anticancer
- early diagnosis
- antimicrobial
- drug resistance
- cancer metastasis
- chemotherapy
- photodynamic therapy
- photothermal therapy
- immunotherapy
- drug delivery
- theranotics
- point-of-care
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