The disclosure provides nanoemulsion compositions and methods of making and using thereof to deliver a bioactive agent such as a nucleic acid to a subject. The nanoemulsion composition comprises a hydrophobic core based on inorganic nanoparticles in a lipid nanoparticle that allows imaging as well as delivering nucleic acids. Methods of using these particles for treatment and vaccination are also provided.

Devices, materials, compounds, systems, and processes for Cherenkov-Activated Nuclear-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy that involves generating Cherenkov light within the tissue of a target volume and using this light to activate photosensitizing material that is located in the nucleus of cells of the target volume.

A pharmaceutical composition containing a mixed polymeric micelle and a drug enclosed in the micelle, in which the mixed polymeric micelle, 1 to 1000 nm in size, includes an amphiphilic block copolymer and a lipopolymer. Also disclosed are preparation of the pharmaceutical composition and use thereof for treating cancer.

Embodiments described herein relate to hydrogels, and in particular, hydrogels for crystal formation, and related compositions and methods.

Formulations are described, containing silibinin or other active ingredients incorporated in lipid nanoparticle systems of the SLN and NLC type, and based on calixarenes, possibly mucoadhesive, or in micellar and nanoparticle systems based on amphiphilic inulin copolymers for use in the treatment of neurodegenerative ocular diseases. The versatility of the calixarene compound is also described, capable of charging and releasing active ingredients characterized by low water solubility, easy chemical and enzymatic degradation, low bioavailability, either of natural origin or not, to be used in the treatment of ocular diseases.

Provided herein are polymer materials that find use in, for example, delivery of short-chain fatty acids. In particular, polymers are provided that form stable nanoscale structures and release their payload, for example, by cleavage of a covalent bond (e.g., via hydrolysis or enzymatic cleavage). The polymers are useful, for example, for delivery of payloads (e.g., SCFAs) to the intestine for applications in health and treatment of disease, and have broad applicability in diseases linked to changes in the human microbiota including inflammatory, autoimmune, allergic, metabolic, and central nervous system diseases, among others.

Provided herein are multi-functional particles. The particles may include poly(lactide-co-glycolide)-g-polyethylenimine (PLGA-g-PEI (PgP)), at least one targeting moiety, at least one therapeutic agent, and/or at least one nucleic acid. Also provided herein are methods of using the multi-functional particles.

The present invention provides a new type of hydrophobically -modified sodium alginate, which is synthesized by alginate and oleic acid linked with a spacer. The AGO macromolecule as obtained therefrom is amphiphilic and has clinically-accessible molecular size, and anti- cancer activity. The AGO nanoparticle formed therefrom shows excellent structural stability, colloidal stability, and biocompatibility in-vitro and in-vivo, and is expected to be useful in biomedical area, for example, used as a drug delivery system.

The present disclosure relates to the use of PGC-1α expression to identify a subject that is conducive to treatment with a ma-485 inhibitor. In some aspects, the subject suffers from a disease or disorder associated with reduced PGC-1α expression. In some aspects, the PGC-1α expression is measured in the serum of the subject.

The present disclosure relates to the use of SIRT1 expression to identify a subject that is conducive to treatment with a miR-485 inhibitor. In some aspects, the subject suffers from a disease or disorder associated with reduced SIRT1 expression. In some aspects, the SIRT1 expression is measured in the serum of the subject.