Cyclodextrins in doll-inspired nanostructures for cancer therapy
A young researcher working at the Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique has recently
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NO-delivering fluorescent beta-cyclodextrin polymer
A novel water-soluble β-cyclodextrin branched polymer covalently integrating a fluorescein moiety and a nitric oxide (NO) photodonor within its macromolecular
Cyclodextrin News Year in Review 2018
The CDNews blog was created in July and after a short period of trial it started in September. During this
A patent application for potential medical use of CD-based (poly)catenanes
Researchers from Kumamoto University (Hidetoshi Arima, Keiichi Motoyama, Taishi Higashi) filed an international patent application on a novel synthesis of
Cyclodextrin-containing polymer-camptothecin nanopharmaceutical. Clinical trials
Cyclodextrin-containing polymer (CDP) (represented by blue in the scheme) conjugated to camptothecin (CPT) (represented by red) forms 30-40-nm diameter nanoparticles
Cyclodextrins as theranostics
The application of cyclodextrins as excipients is wellspread, common knowledge worldwide. Their application as APIs is getting huge publicity, developments
HPαCD More Effective than HPβCD Against Breast Cancer
Wittkowski et al. recently published their results on re-evaluation of three genome-wide association studies using computational biostatistics approach. The genetic
New books on cyclodextrins
Three new books on various aspects of cyclodextrin research and applications have been recently published. 1. Cyclodextrin Fundamentals, Reactivity and