The impact of particle size of nanostructured lipid carriers on follicular drug delivery: A comprehensive analysis of mouse and human hair follicle penetration by Saman Heydari, Mohammad Barzegar-Jalali, Mostafa Heydari, Afsaneh Radmehr, Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos, Maryam Kouhsoltani, Hamed Hamishehkar

“…Introduction: Follicular delivery is one of the targeted drug delivery methods aiming to target the hair follicles. …”
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Interfacing exogenous stents with human coronary artery by self-assembled coating: designs, functionalities and applications by Feng Zhao, Feng Liu, Chenglong Gao, Guoqing Wang, Yinfeng Zhang, Fei Yu, Jiawei Tian, Kai Tan, Runhao Zhang, Kang Liang, Zhexun Lian, Junjie Guo, Biao Kong, Junbo Ge, Hui Xin

“…Moreover, we discuss the potential of self-assembled coatings for future development, including intelligent targeted drug delivery, bionic stent coatings, and 3D printed stent coatings. …”
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Brain neurons internalise polymeric micron-sized capsules: Insights from in vitro and in vivo studies by Olga Kopach, Olga A. Sindeeva, Kaiyu Zheng, Eleanor McGowan, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Dmitri A. Rusakov

“…Nanoengineered encapsulation presents a promising strategy for targeted drug delivery to specific regions in the body. While polyelectrolyte-based biodegradable microcapsules can achieve highly localised drug release in tissues and cell cultures, delivering drugs to intracellular sites in the brain remains a significant challenge. …”
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A computational role of blood nanofluid induced by a stenosed artery with porous medium and thermophoretic particle deposition effects by Shivalila Hangaragi, N. Neelima, N. Beemkumar, Ankur Kulshreshta, Umair Khan, Noreen Sher Akbar, Mohammad Kanan, Mona Mahmoud

“…This investigation is motivated by the potential of the Casson nanofluids, which exhibit exceptional thermal properties, offering promising applications in medical treatments such as targeted drug delivery and hyperthermia therapy. The present work focuses on understanding the flow behavior of the Casson nanofluids through the stenosed artery under the influence of porosity, thermal radiation, thermophoretic particle diffusion and Stefen blowing. …”
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Internal Dosimetry in Patients Undergoing Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) with 177Lu-[DOTA0-Tyr3] Octerotate: A Single-Center Experience by Elahe Mahmoudi, Mahasti Amoui, Mohammad Reza Deevband, Elahe Pirayesh, Mohammad Reza Asgari, Mehdi Ghorbani

“…It is a form of targeted drug delivery, which is applicable to treat neuroendocrine tumors. …”
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Highly Stable Antitumor Silver-Lipid Nanoparticles Optimized for Targeted Therapy by Darwish A, Sándor N, Szenti I, Marosvölgyi T, Juhász K, Rónavári A, Kachal E, Kutus B, Kónya Z, Balogi Z

“…To enhance bioavailability, minimize adverse effects and enable targeted drug delivery AgNPs may be encapsulated in liposomes. …”
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Complexed hyaluronic acid-based nanoparticles in cancer therapy and diagnosis: Research trends by natural language processing by Abd Kakhar Umar, Patanachai K. Limpikirati, Bachtiar Rivai, Ilham Ardiansah, Sriwidodo Sriwidodo, Jittima Amie Luckanagul

“…These findings reflect the dynamic landscape of HA-based nanoparticle research in cancer therapy, emphasizing advancements in targeted drug delivery, therapeutic efficacy, and multimodal diagnostic approaches to improve overall patient outcomes.…”
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Melanoma-Targeted Chemothermotherapy and In Situ Peptide Immunotherapy through HSP Production by Using Melanogenesis Substrate, NPrCAP, and Magnetite Nanoparticles by Kowichi Jimbow, Yasue Ishii-Osai, Shosuke Ito, Yasuaki Tamura, Akira Ito, Akihiro Yoneta, Takafumi Kamiya, Toshiharu Yamashita, Hiroyuki Honda, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Katsutoshi Murase, Satoshi Nohara, Eiichi Nakayama, Takeo Hasegawa, Itsuo Yamamoto, Takeshi Kobayashi

“…During these therapeutic processes, NPrCAP was also expected to provide melanoma-targeted drug delivery system.…”
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Ultrasound Microbubbles Enhance the Neuroprotective Effect of Mouse Nerve Growth Factor on Intraocular Hypertension-Induced Neuroretina Damage in Rabbits by Xiaoli Shen, Lina Huang, Dahui Ma, Jun Zhao, Yi Xie, Qiang Li, Aineng Zeng, Kun Zeng, Ruyin Tian, Tianfu Wang, Siping Chen

“…Ultrasound microbubble combined optic protection drugs have obvious protective effect on optic nerve damage. This way of targeting drug delivery is becoming more simple, not through the whole body metabolism, avoiding drug via blood circulation when facing the decomposition and the environment in the interference and destruction process of drugs, to maximize the guarantee to reach target organs of drug concentration and to reache the maximum therapeutic effect. …”
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Microneedling: An Innovative Technique for Gingival Depigmentation by Chetna Bhambhu, Vidushi Sheokand, Shikha Sharma, Amit Bhardwaj

“…Conventionally, collagen induction has been used in the treatment of facial scars and skin rejuvenation, but it is being switched to dental procedures as a new technique for depigmentation, target drug delivery devices, collection of diagnostic fluids, etc.…”
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A Chinese drug-compatibility-based approach to purslane hydrogels for acute eczema therapy by Ling Wang, Yuzhong Zhang, Shenglin Geng, Lan Ma, Yiran Wang, Dongxu Han, Guojuan Fan, Weifen Zhang, Weifen Zhang, Weifen Zhang, Yanna Lv, Jinlong Ma, Jinlong Ma, Jinlong Ma

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Interfacial Engineering of Biocompatible Nanocapsules for Near‐Infrared‐Triggered Drug Release and Photothermal Therapy by Yuting Xie, Ze Yang, Hang Shen, Jingyi Chen, David A. Weitz, Dong Chen, Jianpeng Sheng, Tingbo Liang

“…The phase change material core nanocapsules demonstrate great photothermal‐controlled drug release performance and exhibit excellent tumor‐targeting drug delivery performance both in vitro and in vivo via the binding of hyaluronic acid shell on the nanocapsule surface with corresponding receptors on the tumor cell membrane. …”
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Double-targeted liposomes coated with matrix metallopeptidase-2-responsive polypeptide nanogel for chemotherapy and enhanced immunotherapy against cervical cancer by Zhimin Bai, Yibo Yang, Zutong Cui, Wenming Liang, Xin Zhang, Zihan Zhang, Jianming Sun, Zhiwei Liu, Kun Li, Ming Shi, Jian Li

“…This study underscores the potential of DPCLG as an advanced, dual-targeting drug delivery system for comprehensive cancer therapy.…”
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Epitope-imprinted biomaterials with tailor-made molecular targeting for biomedical applications by Youlu Diao, Jia Gao, Yue Ma, Guoqing Pan

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Global research trends and emerging hotspots in nano-drug delivery systems for lung cancer: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis (1998–2024) by Cao Yu, Chong-Qi Fan, Yao-Xuan Chen, Feng Guo, Hao-Han Rao, Peng-Yu Che, Chun-Jian Zuo, Huan-Wen Chen

“…Key research areas encompass “active targeting”, “drug delivery optimization”, “overcoming drug resistance”, “nanocarriers”, and “pulmonary drug delivery”. …”
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In vivo imaging and pharmacokinetics of percutaneously injected ultrasound and X-ray imageable thermosensitive hydrogel loaded with doxorubicin versus free drug in swine. by Jose F Delgado, Ayele H Negussie, Nicole A Varble, Andrew S Mikhail, Antonio Arrichiello, Tabea Borde, Laetitia Saccenti, Ivane Bakhutashvili, Joshua W Owen, Robert Morhard, John W Karanian, William F Pritchard, Bradford J Wood

“…Intratumoral injections often lack visibility, leading to unpredictable outcomes such as incomplete tumor coverage, off-target drug delivery and systemic toxicities. This study investigated an ultrasound (US) and x-ray imageable thermosensitive hydrogel based on poloxamer 407 (POL) percutaneously delivered in a healthy swine model. …”
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Engineered Perfluorochemical Cancer-Derived Exosomes Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin Provide Targeted Photochemotherapy for Effective Cancer Treatment by Lee YH, Huang CY

“…Yu-Hsiang Lee,1– 3 Cheng-You Huang1 1Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China; 2Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China; 3Department of Medical Research, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yu-Hsiang Lee, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Road, Taoyuan City, 320317, Taiwan, Republic of China, Tel +886-3-422-7151 Ext# 27755, Fax +886-3-280-4627, Email yuhsianl@ncu.edu.twBackground: Cancer treatments are still limited by various challenges, such as off-target drug delivery, posttreatment inflammation, and the hypoxic conditions in the tumor microenvironment; thus, the development of effective therapeutics remains highly desirable. …”
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Preparation of oat galactolipid and anti-liver cancer effects of oat galactolipid–modified curcumin-loaded liver targeting vesicle by Huiying Ren, Nuo Chen, Yanqing Liu, Meimei Wu, Meimei Wu, Meimei Wu, Jingsong Yan, Jingsong Yan, Jingsong Yan, Mingxiang Chang, Mingxiang Chang, Mingxiang Chang, Hanmin Li, Hanmin Li, Hanmin Li

“…IntroductionThe mortality rate for liver cancer is extremely high but clinical treatments have not made much progress, so it is necessary to develop anticancer agents with lower toxicities and more effective liver-targeting drug delivery systems (LTDDSs). At present, LTDDSs mediated by the asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) show excellent effects at improving the liver-targeting and antitumor effects of drugs. …”
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Multi-targeted nanogel drug delivery system alleviates neuroinflammation and promotes spinal cord injury repair by Penghui Wang, Zaifeng Chen, Ping Li, Abdullah Al Mamun, Shaoxia Ning, Jinjing Zhang, Chonghui Tang, Tianmiao Sun, Jian Xiao, Xiaojie Wei, Fenzan Wu

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