{"title":"Self-Assembly of Therapeutic Peptides for Enhanced Cancer Therapy: Strategies, Therapeutic Performance, and Future Perspectives","authors":"Yuelin Fang, Xue Wan, Shihe Wang, Honglan Dai, Huiling Zeng, Nan Chen, Xinxin Zhang","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70084","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Therapeutic peptides have attracted increasing attention for cancer therapy owing to their high biological activity, target specificity, and diverse mechanisms of action, but their clinical application is limited by poor stability and inefficient delivery. Peptide self-assembly has emerged as a promising peptide delivery strategy that enables therapeutic peptides to organize into well-defined supramolecular structures through non-covalent interactions, offering opportunities to improve their delivery performance. This review provides a comprehensive overview of peptide self‑assembly mechanisms, focusing on synergistic non‑covalent interactions and environmental modulation, and summarizes the major assembly strategies for antitumor peptides, including spontaneous self-assembly of monomers, co-assembly with functional components, and tumor microenvironment-responsive assembly. The application of self-assembly strategies in improving tumor accumulation, tumor retention, intracellular delivery, and antitumor efficacy of antitumor peptides was also discussed. Finally, we highlight the current challenges associated with structural stability, scalable manufacturing, and clinical translation, and propose potential strategies to facilitate clinical translation of self-assembling peptide therapeutics. Overall, this review provides a systematic framework for the rational design of self-assembling therapeutic peptides and offers perspectives for the development of next-generation peptide nanomedicines for cancer therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70084","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149259268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application and Research Progress of Nucleic Acid-Based Drug Delivery Systems in the Treatment of Intracerebral Hemorrhage","authors":"Jingyan Wang, Xuejiao Zeng, Pengyu Niu, Jinjin Shi, Wenyan Yu","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70081","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating stroke subtype associated with high mortality and neurological disability, yet effective treatment remains constrained by the complex mechanisms of secondary brain injury and limited blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability. In this context, Nucleic Acid-Based Drug Delivery Systems (NADDS) offer a promising strategy by enabling precise gene regulation and targeted modulation of disease-associated pathways. However, a systematic framework linking nucleic acid modalities, carrier design, disease stage and translational feasibility in ICH remains lacking. This review first summarizes the therapeutic mechanisms and delivery requirements of representative nucleic acid drugs, including siRNA, miRNA, antisense oligonucleotides and mRNA, for modulating neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and neurological repair after ICH. It then focuses on three major NADDS—lipid nanoparticles, exosome-based delivery systems and DNA nanomaterial-based delivery systems—highlighting their structural characteristics, design principles, cargo loading strategies, delivery mechanisms, advantages, limitations and recent applications in ICH. The major challenges encountered during NADDS-based treatment of ICH, including dynamic BBB permeability, carrier selection, insufficient loading efficiency, biosafety concerns, manufacturing scalability and patient heterogeneity, are discussed. By integrating these advances, this review clarifies the therapeutic potential of these three platforms and provides a foundation for developing safer, more efficient, and clinically translatable nucleic acid therapies for ICH.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70081","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149258762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Applications of Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope in Biomedical Fields”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70095","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Gong X, Fan X, Huang Y, et al. Applications of scanning ion conductance microscope in biomedical fields. MedComm – Biomater Appl. 2023; 2:e26.</p><p>The original Author Contributions section failed to list standardized contributions for all authors. This erratum adds complete contribution information of every author.</p><p>This should have read:</p><p>“<b>Zhiyao He:</b> Conceptualization (equal); writing – review and editing (equal). <b>Xinrui Gong:</b> Investigation (equal); writing – originaldraft (equal). <b>Xinyuan Fan:</b> Investigation (equal); writing – original draft (equal). <b>Yiming Huang:</b> Investigation (equal); writing – original draft (equal). <b>Yuqi Du:</b> Methodology (equal); software (equal). <b>XiaoyuWang:</b> Methodology (equal); software (equal). <b>Xiaoyu Liu:</b> Conceptualization (equal); writing – review andediting (equal). <b>Xinrui Gong:</b> Investigation (equal); writing – original draft (equal). All authors have readand approved the final manuscript.”</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149258364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Biomedical Applications and Prospects of Temperature-Orchestrated Photothermal Therapy”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70094","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Xu N, Zhang X, Qi T, et al. Biomedical applications and prospects of temperature-orchestrated photothermal therapy. MedComm - Biomater Appl. 2022; 1:e25.</p><p>The reference 63 and 225 were identical, therefore reference 225 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 179 and 226 were identical, therefore reference 226 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 185 and 189 were identical, therefore reference 189 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 112 and 184 were identical, therefore reference 184 should be removed.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70094","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149258363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Recent Progress in 3D Printing Degradable Polylactic Acid-Based Bone Repair Scaffold for the Application of Cancellous Bone Defect”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70093","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hu X, Lin Z, He J, et al. Recent progress in 3D printing degradable polylactic acid-based bone repair scaffold for the application of cancellous bone defect. MedComm Biomat Appl. 2022; 1:e14.</p><p>The reference 2 and 28 were identical, therefore reference 28 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 50 and 137 were identical, therefore reference 137 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 62 and 134 were identical, therefore reference 134 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 79 and 116 were identical, therefore reference 116 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 80 and 122 were identical, therefore reference 122 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 81 and 121 were identical, therefore reference 121 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 82 and 123 were identical, therefore reference 123 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 83 and 127 were identical, therefore reference 127 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 85 and 120 were identical, therefore reference 120 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 86 and 117 were identical, therefore reference 117 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 90 and 135 were identical, therefore reference 135 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 94 and 141 were identical, therefore reference 141 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 95 and 144 were identical, therefore reference 144 should be removed.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149258403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Nanotechnology-Based CRISPR/Cas9 Delivery System for Genome Editing in Cancer Treatment”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70088","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zhou S, Li Y, Wu Q, Gong C. Nanotechnology based CRISPR/Cas9 delivery system for genome editing in cancer treatment. MedComm – Biomater Appl. 2024; 3:e70.</p><p>The reference 27 and 30 were identical, therefore reference 30 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 10 and 33 were identical, therefore reference 33 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 58 and 60 were identical, therefore reference 60 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 21 and 62 were identical, therefore reference 62 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 20 and 72 were identical, therefore reference 72 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 29 and 84 were identical, therefore reference 84 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 28 and 86 were identical, therefore reference 86 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 80 and 104 were identical, therefore reference 104 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 108 and 110 were identical, therefore reference 110 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 109 and 117 were identical, therefore reference 117 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 225 and 249 were identical, therefore reference 249 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 52 and 280 were identical, therefore reference 280 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 105 and 307 were identical, therefore reference 307 should be removed.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles in Diabetes: In Vivo Mechanisms, Therapeutic Potential, and Future Perspectives: A Review”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70091","url":null,"abstract":"<p>N. A. Darwich, R. El Hajj, and M. I. Khalil, “Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles in Diabetes: In Vivo Mechanisms, Therapeutic Potential, and Future Perspectives: A Review,” MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications 5 (2026): e70056.</p><p>The reference 23 and 216 were identical, therefore reference 216 should be removed.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Mxene-Based Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Biosensors: A Review on Analyte Detection and Diagnostic Applications”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70089","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zhang, K. (2025), MXene-Based Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Biosensors: A Review on Analyte Detection and Diagnostic Applications. MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications, 4: e70027.</p><p>The reference 6 and 17 were identical, therefore reference 17 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 7 and 22 were identical, therefore reference 22 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 12 and 24 were identical, therefore reference 24 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 11 and 32 were identical, therefore reference 32 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 25 and 42 were identical, therefore reference 42 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 26 and 43 were identical, therefore reference 43 should be removed.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70089","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Targeting Delivery of Cyanidin-Loaded With Ti3C2 Nanosheets for Alleviating Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70090","url":null,"abstract":"<p>L. Yin, X. Zhang, H. Zhang, et al., “Targeting Delivery of Cyanidin-Loaded With Ti3C2 Nanosheets for Alleviating Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease,” <i>MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications</i> 5 (2026): 1–14.</p><p>M. The reference 3 and 10 were identical, therefore reference 10 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 7 and 51 were identical, therefore reference 51 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 15 and 52 were identical, therefore reference 52 should be removed.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Improving Proteolysis-Targeting Chimera Delivery by Targeting Key Biomarkers in Tumor Endocytosis Pathways”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mba2.70092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mba2.70092","url":null,"abstract":"<p>H. Chen, J. Jiao, H. Yang, and T. He, “Improving Proteolysis-Targeting Chimera Delivery by Targeting Key Biomarkers in Tumor Endocytosis Pathways,” MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications 5 (2026): e70065.</p><p>The reference 60 and 129 were identical, therefore reference 129 should be removed.</p><p>The reference 202 and 228 were identical, therefore reference 202 should be removed.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":100901,"journal":{"name":"MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mba2.70092","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}