The therapeutic efficacy of silver loaded rhenium disulfide nanoparticles as a photothermal agent for cancer eradication.

Cancer is a life-threatening disease when it is diagnosed at a late stage or treatment procedures fail. Inhibiting cancer cells in the tumor environment is a significant challenge for anticancer therapy. The photothermal effects of nanomaterials are being studied as a new cancer treatment.

Gum Arabic-mediated liquid exfoliation of transition metal dichalcogenides as photothermic anti-breast cancer candidates.

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have gained considerable attention for a broad range of applications, including cancer therapy. Production of TMD nanosheets using liquid exfoliation provides an inexpensive and facile route to achieve high yields. In this study, we developed TMD nanosheets using gum arabic as an exfoliating and stabilizing agent.

Thermosensitive poly(organophosphazene) hydrogels for a controlled drug delivery.

Thermosensitive poly(organophosphazenes) were synthesized for a controlled release of hydrophilic polymeric model drugs such as dextran and albumin in this study. The solutions of the present polymers bearing both hydrophobic side groups of L-isoleucine ethyl ester (IleOEt) and hydrophilic groups of alpha-amino-omega-methoxy-PEG (Mw 550) (AMPEG550) exhibited reversible sol-gel transition behaviors with changes of temperature. Viscometric measurement indicated that the thermosensitive hydrogels with good strength could be formed from the solutions in the range of the concentrations of 7-15 wt% around body temperature.