Nanomedicine Approaches for Corneal Diseases

Nanomedicine Approaches for Corneal Diseases

Corneal diseases are the third leading cause of blindness globally. Topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), steroids, antibiotics and tissue transplantation are currently used to treat corneal pathological conditions. However, barrier properties of the ocular surface necessitate high concentration of the drugs applied in the eye repeatedly. This often results in poor efficacy and...

Nanomedicine for Respiratory Diseases

Nanomedicine Approaches for Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms

To the Editor, Following medical advances and the consequent increase in life expectancy during the recent decades, more women reach menopause each year. Menopause with resultant estrogen deficiency can lead to troublesome vasomotor symptoms, necessitating hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Despite all efforts made by the scientific community, the number of currently available treatment options...

Nanomedicine Drug Delivery System for Brain Diseases

Brain is the control center of the body. It controls each and every stimulus in the body. Disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning of our body. The cause of disease is either external like infectious diseases may be an internal disease such as auto immune diseases. Some of these are fatal. There are many deadliest diseases in human one among them is Brain diseas...

Therapeutic approaches for corneal neovascularization

Angiogenesis refers to new blood vessels that originate from pre-existing vascular structures. Corneal neovascularization which can lead to compromised visual acuity occurs in a wide variety of corneal pathologies. A large subset of measures has been advocated to prevent and/or treat corneal neovascularization with varying degrees of success. These approaches include topical corticosteroid admi...