Polymer-Based Systems for Controlled Release and Targeting of Drugs
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2019) | Viewed by 73733
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis and physicochemical characterization of biocompatible polymers; innovative drug delivery systems; drug and gene delivery; hydrogels; three-dimensional scaffolds; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; targeted release; lipid-based drug delivery systems; theranostic systems
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Interests: functionalization and purification of biopolymers; controlled drug release; active targeting; microparticles and nanoparticles; polymeric micelles; lipid-based nanostructured systems; polycations; gene therapy; imaging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The need to find new advanced approaches of care for the most serious pathologies that affect humans, from the possibility of dissolving biologically-active substances (conventional organic drugs, peptides, proteins, such as antibodies, nucleic acid-based drugs (NABDs), such as siRNA, miRNA) in body fluids, to targeted therapies and personalized ones, continues, hand-in-hand, with research on new performing materials to better achieve these goals through the realization of appropriate vectors for the delivery of these bioactive molecules.
Polymeric materials can be designed and manufactured for obtaining delivery systems with appropriate characteristics in terms of drug release and performance. To be used for human applications, a polymer must be primarily biocompatible and non-toxic, and also functionalizable to give appropriate structural and functional characteristics, such as to make it easily workable,
This Special Issue aims to attract researchers who are currently working on the design and production of polymeric materials, as well as work on the search for strategies to modify existing ones for making innovative systems for drug delivery and/or regenerative medicine. In particular, we expect to receive original papers or reviews on polymeric systems, ranging from nano- to macro-structures, for drug and/or cell delivery.
Prof. Gaetano Giammona
Prof. Emanuela Fabiola Craparo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biocompatible polymers
- Drug delivery systems
- Gene therapy
- Tissue engineering
- Targeted drug release
- Personalized medicine
- Nanoparticles
- Microparticles
- Polyplexes
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