A recent review highlights and discusses the layer-by-layer encapsulation of solid drug particles.
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Advanced Functional Polymers for Medicine
A special issue in Macromolecular Bioscience covers several promising approaches to tailor and control the properties and functions of polymers for medical applications.
Aptamers against Polymeric Surfaces
The group of Prof. Lendlein searched for polymer binding aptamers, which are able to selectively bind to specific material surfaces.
A Fog-Free Future – Nanoscale Antifogging Surfaces
In their recent work, G. G. Qiao and coworkers generate nanoscale antifogging surfaces.
Manufacturing Man-Made Magnetosomes
High-Throughput in situ Synthesis of Biomimetic Magnetite Loaded Nanovesicles Naturally occurring magnetite magnetic nanoparticles are produced by magnetic bacteria within liposomes called magnetosomes. These have numerous desirable properties, for example, they are...
Core–Shell Hollow Fibers, Porous Fibers, and Thin Films from PMMA/PAN
Recently, a joint team demonstrated a comprehensive investigation focusing on the change of physical/chemical properties based on different morphologies.
Anisotropic Scaffold for the Regeneration of Osteochondral Defects
A methacrylated hyaluronic acid scaffold with oriented pores perpendicular to the axial direction by an unidirectional freeze-drying method is reported.
Nanogels for photothermal and photodynamic therapy
Marcelo Calderón and co-workers report on the design of a responsive nanogel system for a combined photothermal and photodynamic therapy of cancer. Based on a radical precipitation method, the near infrared absorbing cyanine green dye IR806 was conjugated to the macro crosslinker polyglycerol and polymerized into a thermoresponsive polyether based nanogel network.
Polyphosphoesters: new trends in synthesis and drug delivery
Polyphosphoesters, with their unique features and diverse functionalities, hold tremendous potential to advance drugs carriers. Advanced synthetic tools to synthesize them efficiently and functionalization methodologies are discussed
Tackling challenges in siRNA delivery with designed oligoamides
In their recent review in Macromolecular Bioscience, Sören Reinhard and Ernst Wagner deal with the challenges in siRNA delivery and how they can be overcome.