Advanced Biomaterials for Targeted Drug Delivery and Microbiome Modulation
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Bio-Engineered Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 153
Editor
Interests: microbiology; bioengineering; nanotechnology; medical biotechnology; biomaterials; non-antibiotic therapeutics; gastric infection; gut microbiome; biophysics; host–pathogen interactions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advanced biomaterial engineering is revolutionizing precision medicine, enabling next-generation strategies for targeted drug delivery and microbiome modulation. Innovative platforms, including engineered polymers, nanocarriers, bioresponsive hydrogels, and hybrid biomolecule–material constructs, are redefining therapeutic design by enhancing delivery specificity, optimizing drug bioavailability and actively modulating host–microbiota interactions. These approaches bridge advanced biomaterials and clinical therapies for chronic and complex diseases.
This Special Issue of Biomolecules will focus on biomaterial-based strategies designed for site-specific delivery of therapeutics and microbiome-targeted interventions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Biomaterials engineered for targeted and sustained therapeutics delivery;
- Nano- and micro-scale materials designed to modulate gut, skin, oral, or tumor-associated microbiomes;
- Immunomodulatory biomaterials;
- Bioinspired and biodegradable platforms for disease-specific therapy;
- Combinatorial approaches merging smart delivery systems with existing therapeutics.
Potential contributions may investigate chronic diseases such as cancer, metabolic disorders, inflammatory conditions, or other pathologies where microbiome balance and localized therapeutic delivery are key to therapeutic success.
This Special Issue will also highlight forward-looking perspectives on next-generation, cutting edge biomaterials capable of overcoming current translational barriers in targeted therapy and microbiome engineering. Both original research articles and comprehensive review papers are welcome.
Dr. Paula Parreira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- immunomodulation
- microbiome
- drug delivery
- precision medicine
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