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Liposomes are biocompatible vehicles that have been successfully applied in nanomedicine; their fields of action range from the cosmetic area, vaccines, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, some parasites, and fungi infection. In the bioimaging area, the efficiency of liposomes for the transport of biomarkers has been put at the service of multiple disease detection. Our working group studies the optical properties of silver, nanodiamonds, and CdSe quantum dots as fluorescent markers encapsulated in liposomes, which, being dispersible in water, can be converted into bioavailable hybrids that are easy to target. In addition, our liposome preparation methods are focused on making them cheap and allowing great transport capacity, both drugs and biomarkers. Its applications could, in future, assist in the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases.
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A financial support from the Secretary of Investigation and Postgraduate Study of Instituto Politécnico Nacional (SIP IPN Mexico), and the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) for Postdoc and PhD grants is greatly appreciated. The authors are grateful to Dr. Lopatko Konstantin from National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine for providing the silver nanoparticles.
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Rodríguez, R.J., Douda, J. & Gudiño, T.R. Luminescent markers for theragnostic liposomes. MRS Advances 9, 177–181 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-024-00769-5
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