The need to develop biocompatible and biodegradable materials has intensified as the fields of bioengineering and regenerative medicine come of age.

Glutathione-sensitive nanoparticles get drugs straight to the source of cancer
Korean scientists have developed a tumor-targeted, bioreducible nanoparticle system that can deliver cytotoxic anticancer drugs to tumor tissues.

Anti-cancer system bursts nanoballoons with lasers
New drug delivery method targets cancer cells – not the entire body – and limits chemotherapy side effects.

New nanoparticles can deliver multiple anti-cancer drugs
Nanoparticles can carry two different anti-cancer drugs and deliver them to separate parts of the cancer cell where they will be most effective.
Nanoparticles that slip through the vaginal mucus barrier to fight cervical cancer
Researchers develop polymer-based mucus-penetrating particles (MPP) loaded with paclitaxel, a frontline chemo drug.
Polyurethane micelles deliver anti-cancer drug quicker and better
Researchers design and develop a novel type of disulfide core-crosslinked polyurethane micelle for anti-cancer drug delivery.

Uniform drug release vehicle may improve brain cancer therapy
Microcapsules containing a brain cancer drug may simplify treatment and provide more tightly controlled therapy, according to Penn State researchers.

Polypeptide-based polymersomes with great potential for cancer therapy
Polypeptide-based pH-sensitive polymersomes prepared by researchers from Changchun hold excellent promise as a drug delivery platform for cancer therapy.

How do nanoparticles help to cure cancer?
Physicists from the University of York have carried out new research into how the heating effect of an experimental cancer treatment works.
Clinical trial started in France for cancer nanomedicine
Patients with locally advanced cancers of the oral cavity or oropharynx to be treated with Nanobiotix’s NBTXR3 at the Institut Curie in Paris.