State of the Art in Biomaterials for Drug Delivery (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Drug Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 106
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Interests: colloidal delivery system; smart biomaterials; nano-mimetic enzymes; antibacterial therapy
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Dear Colleagues,
Biomaterials are now extensively employed in medicine, medical care, and fooddue to their unique structure and excellent performance. In particular, biomaterials have good biocompatibility and biodegradability, and can therefore be used to perform drug delivery in the human body. There is a huge need for a new generation of biomaterials that can enhance the absorption and utilization of drugs in the body.
In recent years, studies have found that biomedical materials can be employed as carriers for anticancer drugs and implemented in targeted drug delivery in the human body, can enhance the utilization of these drug, and can signifcantly reduce the side effects of anticancer drugs on normal cell tissue. In addition, drug carriers can also effectively improve the properties and stability of anticancer drugs in tissues, and can enhance the slow release of drugs and reduce the lack of drug use in the body. Moreover, advances in biomaterials have improved the safety and efficacy of the diagnostic, therapeutic, and theranostic approaches to various diseases. The structures and interactions between biomaterials and drugs can not only alter the effect of drugs, but possess the potential to influence the physiology of cells due to the close relationship between biological systems and the features of biomaterials. Drug delivery systems can also provide novel solutions via the development of desirable and ideal materials that are able to control the physicochemical, biological, structural, and mechanical microenvironment.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript (full research papers or review articles) to this Special Issue on biomaterials whose scope includes, but is not limited to, natural materials, composite materials, functionalized nanomaterials and hydrogels for various drug delivery applications.
Dr. Chengzhen Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- natural materials
- property of materials
- drug delivery
- controlled release
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