Yearly Archives: 2020

Article of the year 2019!

  • 24/02/2020
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The Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Nanobiotechnology have selected our article Exosome origin determines cell targeting and the transfer of therapeutic nanoparticles towards target cells  as article of the year 2019. Since its publication in January 2019, it has been highly accessed and well cited.

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Cancer-derived exosomes loaded with ultrathin Palladium nanosheets for targeted bioorthogonal catalysis.

  • 27/01/2020
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The transformational impact of bioorthogonal chemistries has inspired new strategies for the in vivo synthesis of bioactive agents through non-natural means. Among these, Pd catalysts have played a prominent role in the growing subfield of bioorthogonal catalysis by producing xenobiotics and uncaging biomolecules in living systems. Full article here. NFP Research Area: nanomedicine: bio-orthogonal-catalysis-against-cancer

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Antimicrobial Electrospun Polycaprolactone-Based Wound Dressings: An In Vitro Study About the Importance of the Direct Contact to Elicit Bactericidal Activity

  • 27/01/2020
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Using electrospinning we were able to prepare wound dressings with antimicrobial action thanks to their large surface per volume ratio, which allows their loading with therapeutic amounts of active principles. By nuclear magnetic resonance we demonstrated that the antimicrobial compounds are donors of hydrogen bonds to the ester functional group in PCL, which acts as […]

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Selective delivery of photothermal nanoparticles to tumors using mesenchymal stem cells as Trojan horses

  • 27/01/2020
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The main challenge of cancer treatment is to avoid or minimize systemic side effects in off-target tissues. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be used as therapeutical carriers because of their ability to migrate and incorporate into inflammation areas including tumors. Here, this homing ability is exploited by carrying therapeutic nanoparticles (Hollow Gold Nanoparticles (HGNs)) following […]

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Microwave-activated structured reactors to maximize propylene selectivity in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

  • 27/01/2020
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Microwave (MW) heating has been applied to increase the selectivity to propylene in the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane. The preferential heating of the solid monolith (made of SiC, a good microwave susceptor), allows working with a lower gas phase temperature, reducing the formation of undesired by-products in the gas phase via homogeneous reactions. Full […]

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