Ultrasound-Mediated Delivery of Nanopharmaceuticals
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 19880
Special Issue Editors
Interests: targeted drug delivery using ultrasound; microbubble dynamics in ultrasound therapy; ultrasound therapy monitoring
Interests: focused ultrasound; drug delivery; blood-brain barrier; brain disorders; microbubbles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A whole class of nanopharmaceuticals such as theranostic nanoparticles, liposomes, monoclonal antibodies, and viral vectors, are not able to effectively reach their targets due to the presence of biological barriers. Ultrasound-mediated drug delivery shows great potential in overcoming the blood–brain or blood–tumor barrier, enabling non-invasive and localized increase of the delivered dose, thereby enlarging the therapeutic window.
In this Special Issue, we invite contributions focused on both preclinical and clinical research on ultrasound-mediated delivery of nanopharmaceuticals. We also welcome numerical and experimental work on ultrasound- or heat-responsive theranostic agents, designed for concurrent imaging and therapy of neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, etc. Potential applications include but are not limited to targeted immunotherapies, neuromodulation, neurorestoration and neuroprotection, chemotherapeutic delivery, tumor tagging, and targeted micro-/nanobubbles.
Submitted manuscripts should highlight the translational potential of ultrasound-mediated drug delivery and should be within the wider scope of Pharmaceutics.
Dr. Antonios N. Pouliopoulos
Dr. Sophie V. Morse
Dr. Natasha D. Sheybani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- therapeutic ultrasound
- nanomedicine
- biological barriers
- targeted drug delivery
- theranostics
- immunotherapy
- micro-/nanobubbles
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