Figure 1. A typical polysiloxane structure, where R = CH3, phenyl (aromatic carbon ring), F3CCH2CH2, and CHCH2.(click image to enlarge) Drug-delivery systems are some of the most rapidly proliferating ...

Dendrimers are highly branched, monodisperse macromolecules that offer exceptional control over size, shape, and surface functionality. This unique architecture equips them to function as versatile ...

Scientists have taken a major step forwards in tackling one of the greatest abiding challenges in chemistry, by learning how to program the self-assembly of molecules in such a way that the end result ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Molecular Switches As Therapeutic Targets, Drug Development, Drug Delivery Mechanism & Application By Indications Insight 2025" report has been added to ...

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), including both small molecules and biologic compounds, are often encapsulated in microspheres and nanoparticles. This encapsulation is utilized for specific ...

Researchers have developed a Particle-armored liquid robot (PB), a liquid-particle composite capable of deforming, engulfing, and merging without losing its structure. The innovative material, ...

The Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering efforts in Drug Delivery include efforts focused on the diseases of asthma, cancer, COPD, cystic fibrosis as well as infectious disease. We work ...

DDS can be based on physical mechanisms like osmosis, diffusion, erosion, dissolution, and electro-transport or biochemical methods like monoclonal antibodies, gene therapy, vector systems, ...

Erytech is stepping up its focus on the drug delivery applications of its preclinical extracellular vesicles, pivoting (PDF) toward the platform after halting development of its lead asset in the wake ...

For some people, melanin only serves one purpose—getting a suntan. Here, this natural biopolymer protects a person’s skin from the sun’s UV light. Similarly, melanin can protect drugs, which makes ...

Nano-drug delivery techniques have expanded the possibilities for delivering a broad spectrum of biomolecular and synthetic therapeutic agents into a body target region. The characterization of ...