Retraction notice to "A critical review on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Designing, recent trends, challenges, and prospects" (Heliyon, (2024), 10, 3, (e25521), (S2405844024015524),   10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25521)

Samreen Sadiq; Shoaib Khan; Iltaf Khan; Aftab Khan; Muhammad Humayun; Ping Wu; Muhammad Usman; Abbas Khan; Amal Faleh Alanazi; Mohamed Bououdina

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44079

Retraction notice to "A critical review on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Designing, recent trends, challenges, and prospects" (Heliyon, (2024), 10, 3, (e25521), (S2405844024015524), 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25521)

Samreen Sadiq
, Shoaib Khan
, Iltaf Khan^*
, Aftab Khan
, Muhammad Humayun^*
, Ping Wu^*
, Muhammad Usman
, Abbas Khan
, Amal Faleh Alanazi
, Mohamed Bououdina

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on article withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor. An investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team found that 8 citations were added to this paper which are not relevant to the topic of the paper. The Editor has lost confidence in the findings of the article and has determined that it should be retracted. The authors disagree with retraction and dispute the grounds for it.

Original language	English
Article number	e44079
Journal	Heliyon
Volume	11
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44079
State	Published - Nov 2025

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Sadiq, S., Khan, S., Khan, I., Khan, A., Humayun, M., Wu, P., Usman, M., Khan, A., Alanazi, A. F., & Bououdina, M. (2025). Retraction notice to "A critical review on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Designing, recent trends, challenges, and prospects" (Heliyon, (2024), 10, 3, (e25521), (S2405844024015524), 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25521). Heliyon, 11(16), Article e44079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44079

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Retraction notice to "A critical review on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Designing, recent trends, challenges, and prospects" (Heliyon, (2024), 10, 3, (e25521), (S2405844024015524), 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25521). / Sadiq, Samreen; Khan, Shoaib; Khan, Iltaf et al.
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Sadiq S, Khan S, Khan I, Khan A, Humayun M, Wu P et al. Retraction notice to "A critical review on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Designing, recent trends, challenges, and prospects" (Heliyon, (2024), 10, 3, (e25521), (S2405844024015524), 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25521). Heliyon. 2025 Nov;11(16):e44079. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44079