Resealed Erythrocytes: A Novel Carrier for Drug Targeting

Erythrocytes, also known as red blood cells, and have been extensively studied for their potential carrier capabilities for the delivery of drugs. Such drug-loaded carrier erythrocytes are prepared simply by collecting blood samples from the organism of interest, separating erythrocytes from plasma, entrapping drug in the erythrocytes, and resealing the resultant cellular carriers, these carriers are called resealed erythrocytes. An attempt has been made to make a review on the fabrication, in vitro characterization and biomedical application of Resealed erythrocytes. Key word: Resealed erythrocytes, Novel carrier, Drug targeting. _____________________________________________________________________________