Advances in Nano Drug Design and Delivery
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 6651
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phytochemistry; marine natural products; bioactivity; organic synthesis; metabolomics; in silico study; nanomaterial synthesis; drug delivery systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: liposomes/niosomes; nano (co) crystals; nanofibers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nano Drug delivery systems exhibit several advantages including but not limited to their ability to encapsulate a wide variety of therapeutic agents, including small molecules, peptides, proteins, genes, while also being able to control, tune and target drug release. Despite the commercialization of some nano drug delivery systems, newer technologies have been developed to fabricate nanomaterials more efficiently and in some instances with enhanced capabilities such as theranostic tools or active targeted nanocarriers/nanomaterials. These have subsequently found use in the treatment of several diseases such HIV/AIDS, cancer and immunological diseases.
The goal of this Special Issue is to showcase the current state-of-the-art and modern progress in the field of nano drug delivery. Suggested topics include: Manufacturing processes including challenges and industrial scale-up; regulatory approaches to nanodrug delivery systems including generic medicinal products; new approaches in targeted drug delivery; and nanoparticulate systems characterization techniques including imaging and theranostics.
Dr. Xavier Siwe Noundou
Dr. Witika Bwalya
Dr. Makoni Pedzisai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- liposomes
- nanospheres
- nanocrystals
- nanosponges
- solid lipid nanoparticles
- nanofibers
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