Phase-shift, stimuli-responsive drug carriers for targeted delivery

Stimuli-responsive Hydrogel for Drug Delivery

Introduction Hydrogels have been extensively investigated as drug delivery carriers in biomedical applications.The stimuli-responsive hydrogel is generally created when an ionic monomer is incorporated into the hydrogel network, in which the charged group is formed and called fixed charge since its mobility is much less than that of freely mobile ions within the interstitial fluid. In this stud...

Stimuli-responsive multifunctional glyconanoparticle platforms for targeted drug delivery and cancer cell imaging.

Targeted bioimaging or chemotherapeutic drug delivery to achieve the desired therapeutic effects while minimizing side effects has attracted considerable research attention and remains a clinical challenge. Presented herein is a multi-component delivery system based on carbohydrate-functionalized gold nanoparticles conjugated with a fluorophore or prodrug. The system leverages active targeting ...

Advances in Targeted Drug Delivery

Active Targeted Drug Delivery for Microbes Using Nano-Carriers

Although vaccines and antibiotics could kill or inhibit microbes, many infectious diseases remain difficult to treat because of acquired resistance and adverse side effects. Nano-carriers-based technology has made significant progress for a long time and is introducing a new paradigm in drug delivery. However, it still has some challenges like lack of specificity toward targeting the infectious...

Advances in Targeted Drug Delivery