Nanomedicine System Engineered To Enhance Therapeutic Effects Of Injectable Drugs

A proof-of-concept study on a new multistage delivery system (MDS) for imaging and therapeutic applications has been proposed in Nature Nanotechnology in an article authored by Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. This discovery could go a long way toward making injectable drugs more effective.

"This is next generation nanomedicine," said Ferrari, the senior author. "Now, we're engineering sophisticated nanostructures to elude the body's natural defenses, locate tumors and other diseased cells, and release a payload of therapeutics, contrasting agents, or both over a controlled period. It's the difference between riding a bicycle and a motorcycle."

Whole article on nano.org.uk