Sophisticated Nanostructures for Advanced Drug Delivery

Dear Colleagues,

Nanomedicines are a rapidly emerging research area in the field of drug delivery systems. Nanomedicines can be manufactured from a wide variety of materials such as natural and synthetic polymers, lipids, DNA, and inorganic substances. By controlling the size, shape, surface tension, and surface charge of particles, they are applied to cancer treatment; inflammatory disease treatment; and targeting of cells, tissues, and organs, and they are long-acting in the body. In addition, endless research is being conducted by conjugating polyethyleneglycol, cell penetrating peptides, aptamers, Extra Cellula Matrix (ECM) components, and antibodies or peptide ligands to the surface of nanomedicines.

The purpose of this Issue is to gather interesting information from sophisticated nanostructure-based drug-delivery-system researchers who are particularly interested in the pharmaceutical science and nanomedicine fields. Research articles and reviews on the design, development, and characterization of innovative nanostructured carriers, improved drug stability, targeting, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles, and pharmacological investigations, as well as their application to medical and biomedical aspects, are also welcome.

Dr. Sangkil Lee
Dr. Young Wook Choi
Guest Editors

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