Gold nanoparticles of diverse shapes and sizes have been proven as extremely useful tools in bioimaging and hyperthermal therapy applications. Meanwhile, liposomes are highly efficacious in the delivery of small molecules, peptides, and nucleic acids. In the current work, several liposome-nanoparticle hybrids have been developed, in which different shapes and sizes of plasmonic or magnetic-plasmonic nanoparticles have been encapsulated within slightly negatively-charged liposomes to yield the potential for synergistic therapeutic effects. Different targeted therapies will be demonstrated using different cancer cell lines by altering the targeting and chemotherapeutic components.

Liposome-nanoparticle hybrids for combined cancer therapy applications

248th National Meeting (2014)

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