The present study is aimed at the overall improvement in the efficacy, reduction in toxicity and enhancement of therapeutic index of cisplatin. Magnetically responsive biodegradable microparticulate delivery system of cisplatin has been developed by phase separation emulsion polymerization technique by using bovine serum albumin. The formulations were evaluated with respect to particle size ana...

Magnetic modulated drug delivery system addresses the major problem of initial biodistribution of drug carrier. It involves the use of particulate carriers to a localized diseased site. Magnetic microspheres can be used for sitespecific drug targeting as in case of tumors, magnetic bioseparation and also can be used for non-targeted drug delivery as in case of contrast agents (MRI) and drug res...

mammalian expression systems, due to their capacity in post-translational modification, are preferred systems for biopharmaceutical protein production. several recombinant protein systems have been introduced to the market, most of which are under clinical development. in spite of significant improvements such as cell line engineering, introducing novel expression methods, gene silencing and pr...

in the present study, an attempt was made to develop galactosylated albumin nanoparticles of cimetidine for treatment of acetaminophen induced hepatotoxicity. by developing the galactosylated nanoparticulated delivery of cimetidine the required action of drug at the target site i.e at liver can be provided. the advantage of targeting helps to reduce the systemic side effects which may be occur ...

Transferrin (Tf) was immobilized onto Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles with high doxorubicin (DOX) loading (TfDMP), for dual targeting of cancer, by chemically coupling both Tf and DOX with dual-function magnetic nanoparticles (DMPs) using a multi-armed crosslinker, poly-L-glutamic acid. With high trapping efficiency for magnetic targeting, TfDMP exhibits a Tf receptor-targeting function. Moreover, the...

Magnetic-fluorescent particles with targeting functionalities were fabricated by a modified Stöber method and two shapes (spherical and beanpod-like) were obtained by simply tuning the reaction temperature. The two multifunctional probes combined the useful functions of magnetism, fluorescence and FA (folic acid)-targeting recognition into one entity. The products were characterized by scanning...

A bone targeting nanosystem is reported here which combined magnetic contrast agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and a therapeutic agent (bisphosphonates) into one drug delivery system. This new targeting nanoplatform consists of superparamagnetic γFe(2)O(3) nanoparticles conjugated to 1,5-dihydroxy-1,5,5-tris-phosphono-pentyl-phosphonic acid (di-HMBPs) molecules with a bisphosphonate f...

In this study, a peptide-based dual-targeting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent (S8) was designed and synthesized. Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) and Asn-Gly-Arg (NGR) were combined in the targeting vector so as to allow binding, on the surface of tumor cells, to integrin αvβ3 and aminopeptidase N (CD13), respectively. The longitudinal relaxivity (r1) value of S8 was 8.297 mM-1sec-1 at a magne...

Background: Salmonella is one of the most common food-borne pathogens that can cause illness. In this study, the sensitivity and the specificity of Aptamer-Magnetic bead Separation-Polymerase Chain Reaction (AMS-PCR) method were determined for Salmonella spp. detection. Methods: Different concentrations of Salmonella enterica were mixed with streptavidin-magnetic beads coated with biotinylated...

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) represent a class of non-invasive imaging agents that have been developed for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. These MNPs have traditionally been used for disease imaging via passive targeting, but recent advances have opened the door to cellular-specific targeting, drug delivery, and multi-modal imaging by these nanoparticles. As more elaborate MNPs are envisioned...