DRUG-DELIVERY AND TARGETING

Authors
LANGER R
Citation
R. Langer, DRUG-DELIVERY AND TARGETING, Nature, 392(6679), 1998, pp. 5-10
Citations number
91
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Nature → ACNP
ISSN journal
00280836
Volume
392
Issue
6679
Year of publication
1998
Supplement
S
Pages
5 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-0836(1998)392:6679<5:>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
When a pharmaceutical agent is encapsulated within, or attached to, a polymer or lipid, drug safety and efficacy can be greatly improved and new therapies are possible. This has provided the impetus for active study of the design of degradable materials, intelligent delivery syst ems and approaches for delivery through different portals in the body.