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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Nanosponges for Drug Delivery and Cancer Therapy: Recent Advances.

Siavash Iravani, Rajender S Varma

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. FeNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  8. Multifunctional Drug Delivery System: Nanosponges.Recent patents on nanotechnology · 2025
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  10. State of the art in pediatric nanomedicines.Drug delivery and translational research · 2024
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  12. Following the Trace of Cyclodextrins on the Selenium and Tellurium Odyssey.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  13. A Nanorobotics-Based Approach of Breast Cancer in the Nanotechnology Era.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Siavash IravaniFaculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 81746-73461 Isfahan, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-3985-7928
Rajender S VarmaRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9731-6228

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanosponges with three-dimensional (3D) porous structures, narrow size distribution, and high entrapment efficiency are widely engineered for cancer therapy and drug delivery purposes. They protect the molecular agents from degradation and help to improve the solubility of lipophilic therapeutic agents/drugs with targeted delivery options in addition to being magnetized to attain suitable magnetic features. Nanosponge-based delivery systems have been applied for cancer therapy with high specificity, biocompatibility, degradability, and prolonged release behavior. In this context, the drug loading within nanosponges is influenced by the crystallization degree. Notably, 3D printing technologies can be applied for the development of novel nanosponge-based systems for biomedical applications. The impacts of polymers, cross-linkers, type of drugs, temperature, loading and mechanism of drug release, fabrication methods, and substitution degree ought to be analytically evaluated. Eco-friendly techniques for the manufacturing of nanosponges still need to be uncovered in addition to the existing methods, such as solvent techniques, ultrasound-assisted preparation, melting strategies, and emulsion solvent diffusion methods. Herein, the recent advancements associated with the drug delivery and cancer therapy potential of nanosponges (chiefly, cyclodextrin-based, DNAzyme, and ethylcellulose nanosponges) are deliberated, focusing on the important challenges and future perspectives.

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cancer therapycyclodextrin-based nanospongesDNAzyme nanospongesdrug deliveryethylcellulose nanospongesnanosponges

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PMID35889665
PMCPMC9323080

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