Peptides as drug delivery vehicles across biological barriers

Exosomes as therapeutic drug carriers and delivery vehicles across biological membranes: current perspectives and future challenges

Exosomes are small intracellular membrane-based vesicles with different compositions that are involved in several biological and pathological processes. The exploitation of exosomes as drug delivery vehicles offers important advantages compared to other nanoparticulate drug delivery systems such as liposomes and polymeric nanoparticles; exosomes are non-immunogenic in nature due to similar comp...

nanomedicine for drug delivery across biological barriers: intestines, skin and lung

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.

Polymeric micelles as drug delivery vehicles

Nerve guidance channels as drug delivery vehicles.

Nerve guidance channels (NGCs) have been shown to facilitate regeneration after transection injury to the peripheral nerve or spinal cord. Various therapeutic molecules, including neurotrophic factors, have improved regeneration and functional recovery after injury when combined with NGCs; however, their impact has not been maximized partly due to the lack of an appropriate drug delivery system...