Barriers and motivations for non-invasive drug delivery

Crossing biological barriers for advanced drug delivery.

This special issue compiles invited and contributed papers of the 9th International Conference and Workshop "Biological Barriers", 29 February-9 March 2012 at Saarland University, Saarbrücken Germany.

Skin Barriers : Challenge for Transdermal Drug Delivery

1 School of pharmacy and emerging sciences, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Makhnumajra Baddi. Distt Solan, H.P., India. 2 School of pharmacy and emerging sciences, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Makhnumajra Baddi. Distt Solan, H.P., India. 3 School of pharmacy and emerging sciences, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Makhnumajra B...

Membranes and Barriers: Targeted Drug Delivery, 154

Barriers to drug delivery in solid tumors

Over the last decade, significant progress has been made in the field of drug delivery. The advent of engineered nanoparticles has allowed us to circumvent the initial limitations to drug delivery such as pharmacokinetics and solubility. However, in spite of significant advances to tumor targeting, an effective treatment strategy for malignant tumors still remains elusive. Tumors possess distin...

Breaking barriers in transdermal drug delivery.

SINCE THE FIRST TRANSDERMAL patch was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1979 to treat motion sickness, patches have become a useful means of delivering drugs for a number of purposes. Still, the barrier properties of the skin mean that currently only modest doses of small, lipophilic drugs can be effectively delivered through the skin. But new research reported by scientists at...