lung metastasis from melanoma
Colon cancer cells full of gold nanoantennas (green)
Electron microscopy image of cancer cell
Credit: Bárbara Mendes, João Conniot, Diana Sousa
Credit: Marta Santos
Photothermal images of NIR irradiated gold nanostars. Credit: Alessia Privitera
Credit: Bárbara Mendes, João Conniot
Credit: Bárbara Mendes, João Conniot
Credit: Jhenifer Oliveira, Bárbara Mendes
In vivo X-ray computed tomography 3D scans
Mice induced with Glioblastome multiforme cells
Gold Nanoparticles-miRs (red) invade cells (green) and relocate to the nucleus (blue) in 3D human cell culture model
Colorectal tumor (in red) on zebrafish larvae
Histology image of mice brain implanted with therapeutic hydrogels for glioblastoma
Confocal microscopy image of zebrafish larvae bearing colon cancer tumors (in red)
High-resolution SEM image of RNA triple-helix microstructures
siRNA nanoparticles (green) scavenged by tumour-associated macrophages expressing VEGF (red), a protein that helps tumours form new blood vessels to get nutrients
Dual-colour hydrogel scaffolds made of RNA-triple-helix nanoconjugates pre-incubated with complementary miR targets
Breast cancer cells (in red) internalized by miRNA-gold nanoparticles (in green).
Cryosection of dendrimer–dextran adhesive hydrogel depicting adhesive morphology. Red spots represent the triple-helix nanoparticles.
Colorectal cancer cells transfected with siRNA gold nanoparticles
High-resolution SEM image of RNA triple-helix microstructures
Tumor tissue impregnated with smart gold nanorods (in green) and gold nanospheres (in red).
Thermal imaging of mice implanted with a gel doped with smart nanorods that can heat up when illuminated in NIR
ATR-FTIR image of nanobeacons accumulated on lung tissue.
TEM image of +/- 20 nm gold nanoparticles
Implantable hydrogel embedded dark-gold nanoswitch as a theranostic probe to sense and overcome cancer multidrug resistance.
Intracellular uptake of PAMAM dendrimers on cancer cells
Gold nanobeacons (in red) able to image and detect a gastric tumor in vivo
Dark-field imaging of cells internalized with PEG-gold nanoparticles.