Nanocarriers and macrophage interaction: from a potential hurdle to an alternative therapeutic strategy

• Naths Grazia Sukubo,
• Paolo Bigini and
• Annalisa Morelli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 97–118, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.10

• , autoimmune diseases, and exposure to toxins. Among these, viral hepatitis is the most prevalent form, affecting 71 million people worldwide with hepatitis C alone, while hepatitis B causes approximately 887,000 deaths annually, being a considerable public health challenge, according to the World Health

• Organization (WHO) [82][84]. Effective management of hepatitis is critical because of its potential to progress to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and HCC if left untreated. One approach to improve hepatitis treatment involves PEGylated liposomes loaded with antiviral drugs such as tenofovir, which can

When nanomedicines meet tropical diseases

• Eder Lilia Romero,
• Katrien Van Bocxlaer and
• Fabio Rocha Formiga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 830–832, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.69

• ; Chagas disease; leishmaniasis; nanomedicine; nanotechnology; neglected tropical diseases; schistosomiasis; In May 2021, the World Health Assembly from the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to officially recognize January 30th as the World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. This initiative was done

Fabrication of nanocrystal forms of ᴅ-cycloserine and their application for transdermal and enteric drug delivery systems

• Hsuan-Ang Tsai,
• Tsai-Miao Shih,
• Theodore Tsai,
• Jhe-Wei Hu,
• Yi-An Lai,
• Jui-Fu Hsiao and
• Guochuan Emil Tsai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 465–474, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.42

• Global 2020 Tuberculosis Report by the World Health Organization (WHO), a total of 1.4 million people died of TB [1]. ᴅ-cycloserine (DCS; ᴅ-4-amino-3-isoxazolidone), a cyclic analog of ᴅ-alanine, has been one of the remedies to treat TB since late 1950s, and is on the WHO list of essential medicines

Development and characterization of potential larvicidal nanoemulsions against Aedes aegypti

• Jonatas L. Duarte,
• Leonardo Delello Di Filippo,
• Anna Eliza Maciel de Faria Mota Oliveira,
• Rafael Miguel Sábio,
• Gabriel Davi Marena,
• Tais Maria Bauab,
• Cristiane Duque,
• Vincent Corbel and
• Marlus Chorilli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 104–114, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.10

• , and urban yellow fever and can cause alarming socio-economic impacts in the affected regions [1]. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers dengue, zika, and chikungunya as neglected and emerging tropical diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and as one of the main concerns in developing countries

Nanotechnological approaches in the treatment of schistosomiasis: an overview

• Lucas Carvalho,
• Michelle Sarcinelli and
• Beatriz Patrício

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 13–25, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.2

• ]. Additionally, due to the first passage effect, high doses of PZQ are required, resulting in large tablet sizes, making its administration challenging for children, as no PZQ pediatric formulation is distributed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Consequently, people split adult PZQ tablets to treat

A wearable nanoscale heart sound sensor based on P(VDF-TrFE)/ZnO/GR and its application in cardiac disease detection

• Yi Luo,
• Jian Liu,
• Jiachang Zhang,
• Yu Xiao,
• Ying Wu and
• Zhidong Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 819–833, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.67

• sound sensor; heart sound stethoscope; Introduction According to data released by the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 17.9 million people die each year from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) [1]. CVDs have always been one of the primary diseases affecting human health. In recent years, the

Quercetin- and caffeic acid-functionalized chitosan-capped colloidal silver nanoparticles: one-pot synthesis, characterization, and anticancer and antibacterial activities

• Akif Hakan Kurt,
• Elif Berna Olutas,
• Fatma Avcioglu,
• Hamza Karakuş,
• Mehmet Ali Sungur,
• Cansu Kara Oztabag and
• Muhammet Yıldırım

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 362–376, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.31

• -associated infections and adversely affect both economies of countries and patient survival rates. The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that there will be approximately 10 million deaths due to antibiotic resistance by the year 2050. Therefore, antibiotic resistance, which has received great

Bismuth-based nanostructured photocatalysts for the remediation of antibiotics and organic dyes

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo and
• Faisal Suleiman Mustafa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 291–321, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.26

• people live in water-stressed countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2020), and it is anticipated that this situation will get worse in some areas because of the increased industrial discharge of contaminated water, population growth, and climate change [1]. According to current

Tin dioxide nanomaterial-based photocatalysts for nitrogen oxide oxidation: a review

• Viet Van Pham,
• Hong-Huy Tran,
• Thao Kim Truong and
• Thi Minh Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 96–113, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.7

• review. Keywords: green products; nanomaterials; NO oxidation; photocatalysis; SnO2; Review Introduction A World Health Organization (WHO) report indicated that 4.2 million deaths every year occur due to exposure to ambient (outdoor) air pollution [1]. This number is much higher than the deaths from

A review on nanostructured silver as a basic ingredient in medicine: physicochemical parameters and characterization

• Gabriel M. Misirli,
• Kishore Sridharan and
• Shirley M. P. Abrantes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 440–461, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.36

• antibiotics is dramatically increasing and the World Health Organization (WHO) has marked this concern as one of the greatest threats to health [18]. It is known that viruses are a major cause of illness and death in the world. However, even after much effort, vaccines could not be developed against some

Ultrasensitive detection of cadmium ions using a microcantilever-based piezoresistive sensor for groundwater

• Dinesh Rotake,
• Anand Darji and
• Nitin Kale

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1242–1253, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.108

• the WHO limit of 3 μg/L. Keywords: BioMEMS; heavy metal ions (HMIs); limit of detection (LOD); microcantilevers; microfluidics; micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS); piezoresistive sensors; SAM (self-assembled monolayers); World Health Organization (WHO); Introduction Water is fundamentally

Key for crossing the BBB with nanoparticles: the rational design

• Sonia M. Lombardo,
• Marc Schneider,
• Akif E. Türeli and
• Nazende Günday Türeli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 866–883, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.72

• . According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2000, brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias ranked 14th among the causes of death worldwide with approximately 0.8 million deceased [1]. This number more than doubled in the last few years. In 2016, these diseases were responsible

Strategy to discover full-length amyloid-beta peptide ligands using high-efficiency microarray technology

• Clelia Galati,
• Natalia Spinella,
• Lucio Renna,
• Danilo Milardi,
• Francesco Attanasio,
• Michele Francesco Maria Sciacca and
• Corrado Bongiorno

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2446–2453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.243

• sensitivity; peptide; silicon oxide; TEM; Introduction According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) worldwide is now greater than 47 million, and this number is expected to grow to 75 million by 2030. Alzheimer’s disease leads to nerve-cell death

Modeling adsorption of brominated, chlorinated and mixed bromo/chloro-dibenzo-p-dioxins on C₆₀ fullerene using Nano-QSPR

• Piotr Urbaszek,
• Agnieszka Gajewicz,
• Celina Sikorska,
• Maciej Haranczyk and
• Tomasz Puzyn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 752–761, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.78

• the adsorption energy [kcal/mol] for 1,701 PXDDs adsorbed on C60 (PXDD@C60). Based on the QSPR model reported herein, we concluded that the lowest energy PXDD@C60 complexes are those that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers to be less dangerous with respect to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

• most of the PXDD congeners have higher or lower potential to adsorb on the C60 surface have created the need to verify the sorption potential according to structural dissimilarities. The comparison of predicted ΔEads values with toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) recommended by the World Health

• Organization (WHO) [42] seems to indicate that more dangerous congeners will have lowest sorption potential (highest predicted energy of the complex). As presented in Table 1, congeners with official WHO TEF values have relatively high predicted adsorption energies compared with the predicted values for