Special Issue "Drug Delivery Using Nanotechnology"
QuicklinksA special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2012
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Dong Moon Shin
1 Winnship Cancer Institute, Emory University 1365-C Clifton Road, Room 3094, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
2 Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University 1365-C Clifton Road, Room 3094, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
E-Mail: dmshin@emory.edu
Phone: (404) 778-5990
Fax: (404) 778-5520
Interests: nanotherapeutics; drug delivery; nanoimaging; cancer
Special Issue Information
Submission
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Keywords
- nanoparticles
- nanotechnology
- nanotherapeutics
- drug delivery
- polymers
- ligands
- EPR effects
- cancer
Published Papers (1 paper)
 Pharmaceutics 2012, 4(2), 276-295; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics4020276
Received: 7 March 2012; in revised form: 23 April 2012 / Accepted: 8 May 2012 / Published: 23 May 2012
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Planned Papers
Type of Paper: Article
Title: Smart Implants Equipped by Nanocontainers of Therapeutics
Author: Pr. N. Benkirane-Jessel
Affiliation: INSERM, UMR977, Strasbourg, France
Abstract: We report here, a unique nanotechnology strategy used to entrap, protect, and stabilize therapeutic agents into polymer coatings acting as nanoreservoirs enrobing nanofibers of implantable membranes. Upon contact with cells, therapeutic agents become available through enzymatic degradation of the nanoreservoirs. As cells grow, divide, and infiltrate deeper into the porous membrane, they trigger slow and progressive release of therapeutic agents that, in turn, stimulate further cell proliferation. This constitutes the first instance of a smart living nanostructured hybrid membrane for regenerative medicine. The cell contact-dependent nanoreservoirs will permit sustained release of drugs, genes, growth factors, etc., opening a general route to the design of sophisticated cell-therapy implants capable of robust and durable regeneration of a broad variety of tissues.
Last update: 18 May 2012