Stable gold graphitic nanocapsule doped hydrogels for efficient photothermal antibacterial applications.

Herein, we have fabricated gold nanorod graphitic nanocapsule (AuNR@G) doped poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/chitosan (CS) hydrogels, which possessed highly efficient and stable photothermal antibacterial properties for both Gram-negative E. coli and Gram-positive S. aureus under the irradiation of a near-infrared laser.

New developments in molecular targeted therapy of ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer remains the most mortal gynecological cancer in the world. The standard treatment for ovarian cancer remains cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum-based chemotherapy. Although most patients are platinum-sensitive initially, the majority of them will develop platinum resistance after multiple relapses, and platinum-resistant patients have a low response to the second-line chemotherapy.