Multi‐tasking with Single Platform Dendrimers for Targeting Sub‐Cellular Microenvironments

Abstract

Double trouble! Orthogonally functionalised dendrimers have been constructed by using a versatile approach that is widely applicable for therapeutics and diagnostics by combining imaging agents and therapeutics for synergistic effects. Dendrimers containing a covalently linked dipyrromethene boron difluoride (BODIPY) dye and α-lipoic acid perform complementary biological functions and target intracellular lipid droplets (see figure).