Metabolically-Driven Active Targeting of Magnetic Nanoparticles Functionalized with Glucuronic Acid to Glioblastoma: Application to MRI-Tracked Magnetic Hyperthermia Therapy.

Glioblastoma continues to pose a major global health challenge due to its incurable nature. The need for new strategies to combat this devastating tumor is therefore paramount. Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to develop innovative and more effective therapeutic approaches.

Engineering amphiphilic alkenyl lipids for self-assembly in functional hybrid nanostructures.

The development of biocompatible hybrid nanosystems for advanced functional applications presents significant challenges to the research community. Key obstacles include the poor solubility of these nanosystems in water and the difficulty of precisely controlling their nanostructure dimensions and composition. A promising approach to overcoming these challenges is the self-assembly of surfactant-based building blocks into well-ordered hybrid nanostructures.

Sodium lanthanide tungstate-based nanoparticles as bimodal contrast agents for high-field MRI and CT imaging.

Research on high-field magnetic resonance imaging (HF-MRI) has been increased in recent years, aiming to improve diagnosis accuracy by increasing the signal-to-noise ratio and hence image quality. Conventional contrast agents (CAs) have important limitations for HF-MRI, with the consequent need for the development of new CAs. Among them, the most promising alternatives are those based on Dy or Ho compounds.

Thermosensitive chitosan-based hydrogel: A vehicle for overcoming the limitations of nose-to-brain cell therapy.

Cell therapy is a promising strategy for treating neurological pathologies but requires invasive methods to bypass the blood-brain barrier restrictions. The nose-to-brain route has been presented as a direct and less invasive alternative to access the brain. The primary limitations of this route are low retention in the olfactory epithelium and poor cell survival in the harsh conditions of the nasal cavity.