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Women in Nanobiotechnology

New Content ItemGuest Editors: Dr Zi (Sophia) Gu (University of New South Wales, Australia),  Dr Wei Tao (Harvard Medical School, USA).

Journal of Nanobiotechnology invites submissions to a collection on Women in Nanobiotechnology.

We are proud to announce the inaugural collection featuring Women in Nanobiotechnology (WiN). Women researchers have made enormous contributions to knowledge advancement in the field of nanobiotechnology. However, it has been noted that the STEM fields, including nanobiotechnology, have remained predominantly male with low participation of women. The WiN collection aims to highlight female researchers’ achievements and their significant contributions to the nanobiotechnology field, and to encourage more women to participate in science and technology, towards gender equity and equality in the scientific community. Taking the WiN as a starting point, we hope to create a progressive, inclusive environment that encourages more women in nanobiotechnology research to lead and excel.

Submissions of original Research Article and Review papers, having corresponding authors who are women, are invited to this ongoing collection. Please submit via journal online submission system and indicate at the Additional Information stage of submission that you are submitting to the Women in Nanobiotechnology collection. All manuscripts received will be subject to editorial triage and peer review as is standard for the journal.

Articles will be published continuously in the main journal and highlighted on the collection homepage as soon as they are ready.


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  1. Preservation of porcine semen is essential for artificial insemination and genetic improvement in pig breeding programs. However, the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lower levels of protein...

    Authors: Lirui Wang, Manyi Xiong, Jian Zhang, Sisi Li, Sheng Ma, Shengyao Jiang, Yanping Jiang and Xinhong Li
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:151
  2. Despite the approval of several artificial nanotherapeutics for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), significant challenges, including unsatisfactory therapeutic outcomes, severe side effects...

    Authors: Min Yang, Jia Guo, Jinxian Li, Shuyue Wang, Yuan Sun, Ying Liu and Yinghua Peng
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:92
  3. In inflammatory diseases or following an injury, dysregulated inflammation is a common driver of pain and tissue damage. Macrophages are immune cells that contribute to the initiation, maintenance, and resolut...

    Authors: Riddhi Vichare, Yalcin Kulahci, Rebecca McCallin, Fatih Zor, Fatma Nurefsan Selek, Lu Liu, Caitlin Crelli, Anneliese Troidle, Michele Herneisey, James M. Nichols, Andrew J. Shepherd, Vijay S. Gorantla and Jelena M. Janjic
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:80
  4. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cardinal motor symptoms resulting from the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Although current medications ...

    Authors: Thai-Duong Nguyen, Shristi Khanal, Eunhee Lee, Jinsol Choi, Ganesh Bohara, Nikesh Rimal, Dong-Young Choi and Soyeun Park
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:78
  5. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic and recurrent digestive tract disease that can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of UC is intricately associated with the presence of reactive o...

    Authors: Chunli Hu, Yanhui Wang, Shengtao Liao, Liang Zhang, Chuanfei Li, Di Zhou, Lin Lv and Zhechuan Mei
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:43

    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:125

  6. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by insulin resistance, leading to elevated blood sugar levels. Exogenous insulin can counteract the diminished response to insulin and effe...

    Authors: Chan Yew Low, Wei Ling Gan, Su Jeat Lai, Rachel Su-May Tam, Jie Fei Tan, Stefanie Dietl, Lay Hong Chuah, Nicolas Voelcker and Athirah Bakhtiar
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:16
  7. Nanodrugs play a crucial role in biomedical applications by enhancing drug delivery. To address safety and toxicity concerns associated with nanoparticles, lipid-nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems have em...

    Authors: Sanjeevram Dhandapani, Yujeong Ha, Rongbo Wang, Tae Woo Kwon, Ik-Hyun Cho and Yeon-Ju Kim
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2025 23:15
  8. The emergence and rapid spread of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains is a growing concern of public health. Inspired by the natural bactericidal surfaces of lotus leaves and shark skin, increasing attention...

    Authors: Yaxi Chen, Hongyi Chen, Anthony Harker, Yuanchang Liu and Jie Huang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:748
  9. Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption after stroke is closely associated with brain tissue edema and neuronal injury, which requires accurate assessment. However, there is a lack of appropriate BBB imaging moda...

    Authors: Hong-Jing Zhu, Ying-Ying Sun, Yijing Du, Sheng-Yu Zhou, Yang Qu, Shu-Yan Pang, Shoujun Zhu, Yi Yang and Zhen-Ni Guo
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:742
  10. Despite their potential, the adoption of nanotechnology in therapeutics remains limited, with only around eighty nanomedicines approved in the past 30 years. This disparity is partly due to the “one-size-fits-...

    Authors: Ethan P. Cisneros, Brinkley A. Morse, Ani Savk, Khyati Malik, Nicholas A. Peppas and Olivia L. Lanier
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:714
  11. RNA therapeutics, such as mRNA, siRNA, and CRISPR–Cas9, present exciting avenues for treating diverse diseases. However, their potential is commonly hindered by vulnerability to degradation and poor cellular u...

    Authors: Elahe Haghighi, Samira Sadat Abolmaali, Ali Dehshahri, Seyed Ali Mousavi Shaegh, Negar Azarpira and Ali Mohammad Tamaddon
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:710
  12. Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is a leading cause of visual impairment in wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). Recent investigations have validated the potential of reducing glutamine synthetase (G...

    Authors: Miaomiao Zhang, Xinyue Lu, Lifu Luo, Jinqiu Dou, Jingbo Zhang, Ge Li, Li Zhao and Fengying Sun
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:703
  13. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry a variety of bioactive molecules and are becoming a promising alternative to cell therapy. Scale-up EV isolation is necessary for their functional studies and biological appl...

    Authors: Lizhi Wang, Junhao Xia, Xin Guan, Yang Song, Mengru Zhu, Fengya Wang, Baofeng Zhao, Lukuan Liu and Jing Liu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:686
  14. Modulating the microbiome with nanomaterials has been proposed to improve plant growth, and reduce reliance on external inputs. Carbon Nanosol (CNS) was attracted for its potential to improve plant productivit...

    Authors: Lingtong Cheng, Jiemeng Tao, Peng Lu, Taibo Liang, Xutao Li, Dong Chang, Huan Su, Wei He, Zechao Qu, He Li, Wenjun Mu, Wei Zhang, Nan Liu, Jianfeng Zhang, Peijian Cao and Jingjing Jin
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:685
  15. In recent decades, cancer has posed a challenging obstacle that humans strive to overcome. While phototherapy and immunotherapy are two emerging therapies compared to traditional methods, they each have their ...

    Authors: Wenjing Cai, Tuyue Sun, Chenyu Qiu, Huixiang Sheng, Ruijie Chen, Congying Xie, Longfa Kou and Qing Yao
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:635
  16. Salmonella Enteritidis is a major foodborne pathogen throughout the world and the increase in antibiotic resistance of Salmonella poses a significant threat to public safety. Natural nanobodies exhibit high affin...

    Authors: Ming Yang, Kui Gu, Qiang Xu, Renqiao Wen, Jinpeng Li, Changyu Zhou, Yu Zhao, Miwan Shi, Yuan Weng, Boyan Guo, Changwei Lei, Yong Sun and Hongning Wang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:629
  17. Diabetes is a global chronic disease that seriously endangers human health and characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels in the body. Diabetic wounds are common complications which associate with i...

    Authors: Xuxia Yang, Langjie Chai, Zhuo Huang, Bo Zhu, Haiyang Liu, Zhantian Shi, You Wu, Liang Guo, Longjian Xue and Yifeng Lei
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:618
  18. Ferroptosis, distinct from apoptosis, necrosis, and autophagy, is a unique type of cell death driven by iron-dependent phospholipid peroxidation. Since ferroptosis was defined in 2012, it has received widespre...

    Authors: Shiqi Han, Jianhua Zou, Fan Xiao, Jing Xian, Ziwei Liu, Meng Li, Wei Luo, Chan Feng and Na Kong
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:606
  19. Breast cancer (BC) is a significant health challenge, ranking as the second leading cause of cancer-related death and the primary cause of mortality among women aged 45 to 55. Early detection is crucial for op...

    Authors: Pavithra Pradeep Prabhu, Barsha Mohanty, Cynthia Lizzie Lobo, Sri Renukadevi Balusamy, Amitha Shetty, Haribalan Perumalsamy, Manohar Mahadev, Ivan Mijakovic, Akhilesh Dubey and Priyanka Singh
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:574
  20. Bacterial extracellular vesicles (EVs) are pivotal mediators of intercellular communication and influence host cell biology, thereby contributing to the pathogenesis of infections. Despite their significance, ...

    Authors: Minjae Kang, Min Jeong Kim, Dokyung Jeong, Hyung-Jun Lim, Ga-eun Go, Uidon Jeong, Eunyoung Moon, Hee-Seok Kweon, Nae-Gyu Kang, Seung Jin Hwang, Sung Hun Youn, Bo Kyoung Hwang and Doory Kim
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:548
  21. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed structures containing lipids, proteins, and RNAs that play a crucial role in cell-to-cell communication. However, the precise mechanism through which circulat...

    Authors: Xuyang Chen, Xinyi Tao, Min Wang, Richard D. Cannon, Bingnan Chen, Xinyang Yu, Hongbo Qi, Richard Saffery, Philip N. Baker, Xiaobo Zhou, Ting-Li Han and Hua Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:509
  22. The pervasive existence of nanoplastics (NPs) and microplastics (MPs) in soil has become a worldwide environmental concern. N/MPs exist in the environment in a variety of forms, sizes, and concentrations, whil...

    Authors: Ming Zhuang, Chengkui Qiao, Lijun Han, Yingying Bi, Mengyuan Cao, Shiyu Wang, Linlin Guo, Rongli Pang and Hanzhong Xie
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:507
  23. In recent years, wearable sensor devices with exceptional portability and the ability to continuously monitor physiological signals in real time have played increasingly prominent roles in the fields of diseas...

    Authors: Ruoyao Yu, Shaoqing Feng, Qingwen Sun, Hao Xu, Qixia Jiang, Jinhong Guo, Bin Dai, Daxiang Cui and Kan Wang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:497
  24. Treatment-induced ototoxicity and accompanying hearing loss are a great concern associated with chemotherapeutic or antibiotic drug regimens. Thus, prophylactic cure or early treatment is desirable by local de...

    Authors: Neeraj S. Thakur, Iulia Rus, Aidan Herbert, Marisa Zallocchi, Brototi Chakrabarty, Aditya D. Joshi, Joshua Lomeo and Vibhuti Agrahari
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:482
  25. Current needle-based vaccination for respiratory viruses is ineffective at producing sufficient, long-lasting local immunity in the elderly. Direct pulmonary delivery to the resident local pulmonary immune cel...

    Authors: Emma R. Sudduth, Aida López Ruiz, Michael Trautmann-Rodriguez and Catherine A. Fromen
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:476

    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:751

  26. Fludarabine (FA) is still considered as a first-line chemotherapy drug for hematological tumors related to B lymphocytes. However, it is worth noting that the non-specific distribution and non-different cytoto...

    Authors: Qixiong Zhang, Yuhan Tian, Yanrui Yang, Qiuying Huang, Haibo Feng, Rui Zeng and Shanshan Li
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:475
  27. On-demand dissolution of hydrogels has shown much potential in easy and pain-free removal of wound dressings. This work firstly describes a type of carbon dots (CDs) for dissolving Ca-alginate hydrogel via site-s...

    Authors: Qian Li, Chenguang Liu and Dongming Xing
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:465
  28. The female reproductive system comprises the internal and external genitalia, which communicate through intricate endocrine pathways. Besides secreting hormones that maintain the female secondary sexual charac...

    Authors: Zhi-Min Deng, Fang-Fang Dai, Rui-Qi Wang, Hong-Bing Deng, Tai-Lang Yin, Yan-Xiang Cheng and Gan-Tao Chen
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:455
  29. Small extracellular vesicles (sEV) derived from diverse natural killer (NK) cell lines have proven their exceptional antitumor activities. However, sEV from human primary NK cells, especially memory-like NK ce...

    Authors: Yinghong Shi, Yanxia Chen, Yi Wang, Dan Mo, Huisheng Ai, Jianguo Zhang, Mei Guo and Hui Qian
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:447
  30. Neurodegenerative diseases involve progressive neuronal death. Traditional treatments often struggle due to solubility, bioavailability, and crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). Nanoparticles (NPs) in biome...

    Authors: Shan He, Karam Nader, Julen Segura Abarrategi, Harbil Bediaga, Deyani Nocedo-Mena, Estefania Ascencio, Gerardo M. Casanola-Martin, Idoia Castellanos-Rubio, Maite Insausti, Bakhtiyor Rasulev, Sonia Arrasate and Humberto González-Díaz
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:435
  31. Pazopanib (PAZ), an oral multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, demonstrates promising cytostatic activities against various human cancers. However, its clinical utility is limited by substantial side effects and th...

    Authors: Zhijie Xu, Zhiyang Zhou, Xiaoxin Yang, Abhimanyu Thakur, Ning Han, Hai-Tao Li, Liu-Gen Li, Jun Hu, Tong-fei Li and Yuanliang Yan
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:429
  32. Sirolimus (SR) is a macrolide with antifungal and antitumor immunosuppressant properties, classified as a selective inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). In this study, an ionic in situ gel of SR ...

    Authors: Ye Liu, Xu Chen, Xinghao Chen, Jie Chen, Han Zhang, Haonan Xu, Lu Jin, Qiao Wang and Zhan Tang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:417
  33. Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in motor and sensory deficits, or even paralysis. Due to the role of the cascade reaction, the effect of excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the early and middle s...

    Authors: Heng Zhou, Ziwei Li, Shuili Jing, Ben Wang, Zhifei Ye, Wei Xiong, Yonghao Liu, Ye Liu, Chun Xu, Tushar Kumeria, Yan He and Qingsong Ye
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:351
  34. Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous neoplasm characterized by several subtypes. One of the most aggressive with high metastasis rates presents overexpression of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (...

    Authors: Sara Spaziani, Alessandro Esposito, Giovannina Barisciano, Giuseppe Quero, Satheeshkumar Elumalai, Manuela Leo, Vittorio Colantuoni, Maria Mangini, Marco Pisco, Lina Sabatino, Anna Chiara De Luca and Andrea Cusano
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:350
  35. The cryopreservation and transplantation of ovarian tissue underscore its paramount importance in safeguarding reproductive capacity and ameliorating reproductive disorders. However, challenges persist in ovar...

    Authors: Min Jiang, Guo-Hui Zhang, Yuan Yu, Yu-Hong Zhao, Jun Liu, Qin Zeng, Meng-Yue Feng, Fei Ye, Dong-Sheng Xiong, Li Wang, Ya-Nan Zhang, Ling Yu, Jia-Jing Wei, Li-Bing He, Weiwei Zhi, Xin-Rong Du…
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:330
  36. The non-toxic self-crosslinked hydrogel films designed from biocompatible materials allow for controlled drug release and have gathered remarkable attention from healthcare professionals as wound dressing mate...

    Authors: Garima Sharma, Jomon George Joy, Ashish Ranjan Sharma and Jin-Chul Kim
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:323
  37. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have played a significant role in facilitating tumor immune escape and inducing an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Eliminating MDSCs and tumor cells remains a...

    Authors: Xiaojie Zhang, Qiangwei Liang, Yongjin Cao, Ting Yang, Min An, Zihan Liu, Jiayu Yang and Yanhua Liu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:319
  38. Adoptive cellular immunotherapy as a promising and alternative cancer therapy platform is critical for future clinical applications. Natural killer (NK) cells have attracted attention as an important type of i...

    Authors: Jingge Lian, Meng Li, Meng Duan, Yaqian Sun, Zilin Wang, Xinyu Guo, Jingchao Li, Guo Gao and Kangan Li
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:313
  39. Nanoplastics, are emerging pollutants, present a potential hazard to food security and human health. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (Nano-TiO2), serving as nano-fertilizer in agriculture, may be important in alle...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Yang, Ke Feng, Guo Wang, Shifang Zhang, Juan Zhao, Xiangyang Yuan and Jianhong Ren
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:262
  40. Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by extensive loss of function or death of brain cells, hampering the life quality of patients. Brain-targeted drug delivery is challenging, with a low success rate ...

    Authors: Ricardo Moreira, Clévio Nóbrega, Luís Pereira de Almeida and Liliana Mendonça
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:260
  41. Two-dimensional ultrathin Ti3C2 (MXene) nanosheets have gained significant attention in various biomedical applications. Although previous studies have described the accumulation and associated damage of Ti3C2 na...

    Authors: Limei Yang, Zhiting He, Le Hu, Hongyu Tang, Yanqing Geng, Qiaoyan Tan, Yue Zhang, Yixian Wen, Wei Wu, Huayan Gu and Xueqing Liu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:242
  42. Development of ferroptosis-inducible nanoplatforms with high efficiency and specificity is highly needed and challenging in tumor ferrotherapy. Here, we demonstrate highly effective tumor ferrotherapy using ir...

    Authors: Panpan Xue, Huilan Zhuang, Tingjie Bai, Xuemei Zeng, Jinpeng Deng, Sijie Shao and Shuangqian Yan
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:228
  43. Despite the advent of numerous targeted therapies in clinical practice, anthracyclines, including doxorubicin (DOX), continue to play a pivotal role in breast cancer (BC) treatment. DOX directly disrupts DNA r...

    Authors: Marta Sevieri, Francesco Andreata, Francesco Mainini, Lorena Signati, Francesca Piccotti, Marta Truffi, Arianna Bonizzi, Leopoldo Sitia, Claudia Pigliacelli, Carlo Morasso, Barbara Tagliaferri, Fabio Corsi and Serena Mazzucchelli
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:184

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:288

  44. Early-onset bone dysplasia is a common manifestation of hypophosphatasia (HPP), an autosomal inherited disease caused by ALPL mutation. ALPL ablation induces prototypical premature bone ageing characteristics,...

    Authors: Jiayi Dong, Wanmin Zhao, Jiangdong Zhao, Ji Chen, Ping Liu, Xueni Zheng, Dehua Li, Yang Xue and Hongzhi Zhou
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:172
  45. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and AXL tyrosine kinase receptor are known to be involved in the SARS-CoV-2 entry of the host cell. Therefore, targeting ACE2 and AXL should be an effective strategy to i...

    Authors: Jia-You Fang, Kuo-Yen Huang, Tong-Hong Wang, Zih-Chan Lin, Chin-Chuan Chen, Sui-Yuan Chang, En-Li Chen, Tai-Ling Chao, Shuenn-Chen Yang, Pan-Chyr Yang and Chi-Yuan Chen
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:169
  46. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) combined with antiangiogenic therapy have shown encouraging clinical benefits for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nevertheless, t...

    Authors: Huizhen Yang, Weiwei Mu, Shijun Yuan, Han Yang, Lili Chang, Xiao Sang, Tong Gao, Shuang Liang, Xiaoqing Liu, Shunli Fu, Zipeng Zhang, Yongjun Liu and Na Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:137
  47. Traditional eye drops are administered via topical instillation. However, frequent dosing is needed due to their relatively rapid precorneal removal and low ocular bioavailability. To address these issues, ste...

    Authors: Bo Tang, Qiuxiang Wang, Guowei Zhang, Aiwen Zhang, Lu Zhu, Rongrong Zhao, Hongwei Gu, Jie Meng, Junfang Zhang and Guihua Fang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:130
  48. Wounds are one of the most common health issues, and the cost of wound care and healing has continued to increase over the past decade. In recent years, there has been growing interest in developing innovative...

    Authors: Wanqing Zou, Jing Lu, Luyong Zhang and Duanping Sun
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:113