Nanomedicine System Engineered To Enhance Therapeutic Effects Of Injectable Drugs
Date: 7.3.2008
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."
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