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Photoregulated Release of Caged Anticancer Drugs from Gold Nanoparticles

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An anticancer drug was conjugated to the surface of gold nanoparticles through a photocleavable o-nitrobenzyl linkage, providing a nontoxic conjugate that effectively releases the payload upon long wavelength UV irradiation.
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An anticancer drug (5-fluorouracil) was conjugated to the surface of gold nanoparticles through a photocleavable o-nitrobenzyl linkage. In this system, the particle serves as both cage and carrier for the therapeutic, providing a nontoxic conjugate that effectively releases the payload upon long wavelength UV irradiation.

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Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery

TL;DR: Recent advances in the design of nanoscale stimuli-responsive systems that are able to control drug biodistribution in response to specific stimuli, either exogenous (variations in temperature, magnetic field, ultrasound intensity, light or electric pulses) or endogenous (changes in pH, enzyme concentration or redox gradients).
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The golden age: gold nanoparticles for biomedicine

TL;DR: It is argued that gold nanotechnology-enabled biomedicine is not simply an act of 'gilding the (nanomedicinal) lily', but that a new 'Golden Age' of biomedical nanotechnology is truly upon us.
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Effect of Surface Properties on Nanoparticle–Cell Interactions

TL;DR: An understanding of how synthetic and natural chemical moieties on the nanoparticle surface (in addition to nanoparticle shape and size) impact their interaction with lipid bilayers and cells is presented.
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Engineered Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy

TL;DR: It is anticipated that precisely engineered nanoparticles will emerge as the next-generation platform for cancer therapy and many other biomedical applications.
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Gold nanoparticles in biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

TL;DR: This critical review is focused on the application of GNP conjugates to biomedical diagnostics and analytics, photothermal and photodynamic therapies, and delivery of target molecules.
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Nanocarriers as an emerging platform for cancer therapy

TL;DR: The arsenal of nanocarriers and molecules available for selective tumour targeting, and the challenges in cancer treatment are detailed and emphasized.
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Nanoparticles in cancer therapy and diagnosis

TL;DR: The in vivo fate of these systems, after intravascular or tumoral administration, is discussed, as well as the mechanism involved in tumor regression, and the application of nanoparticles in imaging for cancer diagnosis is focused on.
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Biologically active molecules with a "light switch".

TL;DR: This review summarizes new developments of the last five years and deals with "small molecules", proteins, and nucleic acids which can either be irreversibly activated with light (these compounds are referred to as "caged compounds") or reversibly switched between an active and an inactive state.
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Photocontrolled reversible release of guest molecules from coumarin-modified mesoporous silica

TL;DR: It is shown that the uptake, storage and release of organic molecules in MCM-41 can be regulated through the photocontrolled and reversible intermolecular dimerization of coumarin derivatives attached to the pore outlets.
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