Biomedical engineers have developed a new hydrogel-based delivery system that balances the acidic environment in a tumor and greatly enhances the cancer-fighting activity of the chemotherapeutic drug ...

A team of researchers has created an innovative drug delivery system with outstanding potential to improve drug development. A team of University of Melbourne researchers from the Caruso ...

Inspired by the natural bonding between a class of potent local anesthetics called site-1 sodium channel blockers (S1SCBs) and peptide sequences on the sodium channel in the nerve cell membrane, ...

The delivery of drugs to patients is one of the most crucial parts of the pharmaceutical industry. The specific method of drug delivery can have a major impact on the effectiveness and applicability ...

Shortages of GLP-1 medications, like Ozempic and Wegovy, are common occurrences. These shortages will likely continue into the future and will make it hard for patients dealing with Type 2 diabetes ...

Drug delivery utilizes various methods and/or carriers to transport therapeutic agents to the tissue, organ, cell, or subcellular organ of interest for release and absorption. Some of the primary ...

Scientists headed by a team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed a new approach to drug design that can deliver therapeutics directly to a specific part of the gastrointestinal ...

Figure 1. A typical polysiloxane structure, where R = CH3, phenyl (aromatic carbon ring), F3CCH2CH2, and CHCH2.(click image to enlarge) Drug-delivery systems are some of the most rapidly proliferating ...