Figure 1. A typical polysiloxane structure, where R = CH3, phenyl (aromatic carbon ring), F3CCH2CH2, and CHCH2.(click image to enlarge) Drug-delivery systems are some of the most rapidly proliferating ...

Lipids have become indispensable to modern drug delivery offering a versatile toolkit for the formulation and transport of therapeutic agents. Over the past two decades, the field has experienced ...

Scientists engaged in precision medicine research focus intensely on target-based drug development. In doing so, they help improve the safety and efficacy profiles of future therapies by reducing ...

A research team led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has developed a novel drug delivery system for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The researchers have engineered exosomes, extracellular vesicles ...

A couple of University of Nebraska professors have launched a startup company with the goal of bringing to market an innovative method for delivering drugs and other therapeutics to targeted locations ...

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, ...

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women worldwide. Unlike breast cancer, ovarian cancer lacks early diagnostic markers and does not show noticeable symptoms until cancer ...

The agriculture industry is under pressure to adopt sustainable and precise agricultural practices that enable more efficient use of resources due to worsening environmental conditions resulting from ...

Engineering multifunctional extracellular vesicles that can selectively and effectively kill lung cancer cells with minimal off‑target toxicity, ...