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Review Efferocytosis in heart failure: Mechanisms, dysregulation and therapeutic potential Full text PDF
Review Functionalized metallic nanomaterials, nanozymes and nanomotors for emerging tumor diagnosis and treatment: from design to theranostics strategies Full text PDF
Review Bacterial extracellular vesicles as multifaceted regulators of human diseases and emerging therapeutic platforms Full text PDF
Review The CXCR4-targeted theranostics era: a comprehensive review of a decade of progress (2015–2025) Full text PDF
Research Paper Mitochondria-targeting organoselenium theranostic radioprotectors for simultaneous treatment and imaging of radiation-induced liver injury Full text PDF
Research Paper A dual functional theranostic microneedle patch for immunomodulation and real time monitoring in diabetic wound therapy Full text PDF
Issue 10; 2026
Founding Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen, PhD
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Theranostics publishes innovative research articles reflecting the fields of in vitro diagnostics and prognostics, in vivo molecular imaging, molecular therapeutics, image-guided therapy, biosensors, system biology and translational medicine, personalized medicine and a broad spectrum of biomedical research that can be applied to future theranostic applications.
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Rationale: Normal liver tissue is vulnerable towards ionizing radiation, which leads to radiation-induced liver injury (RILI) and remains a clinical challenge for treatment. Due to poor tissue targeting, mostly radioprotectors show limited radioprotective effect with a narrow therapeutic window. In this study, we report a series of selenium-substituted heptamethine cyanine derivatives (Se-Cys) as versatile radioprotectors for liver-preferential accumulation, ...