Curcumin-entrapped MUC-1 aptamer targeted dendrimer-gold hybrid nanostructure as a theranostic system for colon adenocarcinoma.

Gold NPs have great potential in biomedical applications. PAMAM dendrimers are spherical, hyper branched macromolecules which can encapsulate therapeutic molecules while stabilizing metal nanoparticle such as gold NPs. The aim of the current study was to investigate the theranostic capability of curcumin-loaded dendrimer-gold hybrid structure.