Advances in Drug Delivery Systems: From Nanoparticles to Precision Medicine
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2025) | Viewed by 6275
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Interests: drug delivery; gene therapy; biomedicine; nanoparticles; nanomedicine; nanotechnology; the microbiome; probiotics; chronic diseases; Alzheimer’s; cancer; aging; targeted delivery
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanoparticles hold considerable promise for advancing the delivery of pharmacologically active therapeutics targeting a variety of diseases. Although numerous nanoparticle formulations are still in early development or pre-clinical testing, some have proven clinically significant by enhancing drug delivery, targeting, and efficacy while reducing drug toxicity. Their suitability as drug delivery systems is attributed to their small particle size, high surface area, potential for surface modification, active targeting, stimuli-responsive delivery, and prolonged circulation times.
This Special Issue will explore the latest progress in nanoparticle design, characterization, drug delivery, and toxicity. You are invited to contribute to this Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, entitled “Advances in Drug Delivery Systems: From Nanoparticles to Precision Medicine”. This Special Issue will focus on the utility of nanoparticles in drug delivery and the necessary features for their clinical translation.
Prof. Dr. Satya Prakash
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer-based nanoparticles
- lipid nanoparticles
- PLGA and chitosan nano/microparticles for gene therapy
- targeted drug delivery
- nucleic acid-loaded nanoparticles
- siRNA nanoparticles
- nanoparticle-mediated mirna delivery
- nanoparticles in cancer therapy
- nanoparticles in vaccine design
- nanoparticle-mediated gene therapy
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