Optimizing drug delivery to the lymphatic system is essential for effective cancer treatment, as lymph node (LN) metastasis ...

The modification of the liposomal surface by incorporating negatively charged lipids (e.g., by dicetylphosphate [DCP] incorporation), seems to increase the AM affinity to capture anionic liposomes via ...

In a study published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, scientists from the UF Health Cancer Institute have found a way to make treatment for a notoriously aggressive breast cancer more ...

The rise in the use and advancement of biologics and personalized medicine, along with a shift towards home-based treatments, is driving a surge in the production and innovation of drug delivery ...

Scientists at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and at Nanjing University have combined a widely used medical polymer with a natural blood protein to develop a new nanoparticle drug delivery ...

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, ...

Scientists at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Nanjing University in China have developed a new drug delivery system that could improve how treatments of cancers and other diseases are ...

When cancer patients undergo chemotherapy, the dose of most drugs is calculated based on the patient’s body surface area. This is estimated by plugging the patient’s height and weight into an equation ...

What is Targeted Drug Delivery? Targeted drug delivery is a cutting-edge approach in nanomedicine that aims to selectively transport therapeutic agents to specific tissues, cells, or even ...

How do you send drugs to specific parts of the body so they do their job and avoid causing side effects elsewhere? According to researchers at Stanford University, the answer is a combination of ...