Publications by authors named "Cagri Y Oztan"
Nanoparticle-mediated targeted drug delivery for breast cancer treatment.
Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer
April 2019
Article Synopsis
- Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women and often lethal, with traditional treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy having significant side effects that can limit their effectiveness.
- New developments in nanoparticles (NPs) offer a targeted drug delivery system that aims to specifically target cancer cells while minimizing harm to healthy tissues, making it a promising alternative for BC treatment.
- This study reviews recent research on NPs-mediated drug delivery systems, highlighting their advantages such as low toxicity, good compatibility, and effectiveness in bioimaging, and aims to guide future methods for enhanced BC treatments.
Article Synopsis
- A novel type of orange carbon dots (O-CDs) was created using citric acid and 1,2-phenylenediamine, and successfully incorporated into sodium polyacrylate (SPA) ink for 3D printing.
- The O-CDs, measuring around 2 nm, exhibited unique emission properties that change with the solvent but not with the excitation source, and they were well-distributed in the SPA, minimizing aggregation.
- This research marks a significant milestone as it is the first demonstration of using bare carbon dots as photoluminescent materials in 3D printing and introduces SPA as a viable 3D printing material.