Liposomes: Molecular Marvels in Drug Delivery
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 213
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liposomal drug; targeted delivery; controlled release; hydrogen bonding; long-term stability; archaeosomes; cytotoxicity; lyophilized liposomal drugs
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the Guest Editor, I would like to invite you to submit your manuscript to the new Special Issue entitled “Liposomes: Molecular Marvels in Drug Delivery” to be published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS).
This Special Issue is focused on reporting unusual physicochemical, material, and bioanalytical properties of newly designed liposomal drugs and their potential therapeutic and clinical applications. Liposomes have a wide range of biomedical applications. They can be designed as drug carriers for targeted delivery and therapy, vaccine adjuvants, diagnosis tools, slow-release vehicles, and prophylaxis agents. Some therapeutic applications just build on empty liposomes, without any entrapped small drug molecules. In many cases, the surfaces and compositions of liposomes are adjustable parameters, enabling us to add versatilities and specificities to optimize their therapeutic efficacy or functionalities. Topics on the use of synthetic chemistry, polymers, antibodies, archaea/bacteria or synthetic lipids, and novel biochemical concepts in liposomal drug design will be a good fit for this Special Issue. Manuscripts on liposome studies involving animal models or computational research as well as novel manufacturing processes are also welcome.
Up-to-date reviews or original research articles broadly related to liposomal drug delivery, especially those articles that convey new concepts or introduce novel approaches, are all welcome. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed before their acceptance for publication.
Prof. Dr. Parkson Lee-Gau Chong
Prof. Dr. Juyang Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- liposomal drug
- targeted delivery
- controlled release
- hydrogen bonding
- long-term stability
- archaeosomes
- cytotoxicity
- lyophilized liposomal drugs
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