"New Family Of Biodegradable Polymers Shows Promise For Intracellular Drug Delivery." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2006 / 03 / 060328082752.htm (accessed April 19, 2025).

Biodegradable polymers are a type of polymer that exists both naturally and can be synthesized in laboratories. This special class of polymer is broken down naturally by microbial processes to produce ...

Table 1 Comparison between typical small molecule drugs and biologics. Given the immense number of drugs on the market, for each parameter, values are highly variable and indicated herein for an ...

The method by which a drug is delivered can have a significant effect on its efficacy. Some drugs have an optimum concentration range within which maximum benefit is derived, and concentrations above ...

This ultimate goal of this project is to develop advanced drug delivery systems, which combat diseases by effectively sending "targeted bombs" to disease sites. Project is Not Currently Available This ...

What is Polymer-Based Drug Delivery? Polymer drug delivery uses a device or a formulation that facilitates the incorporation of a therapeutic substance in the body. Polymers are used extensively for ...

Amerigo Scientific reinforced its commitment to advancing the biomedical field by offering biomedical polymers tailored ...

Biodegradable microspheres are new, targeted drug delivery systems that are becoming increasingly popular in the field of drug design. A key characteristic among the various advantages of microspheres ...

PolyPid, a developer of innovative drug carriers, announced today the company's flagship platform - PolyPid. PolyPid is a new, innovative family of drug carriers, based on a fusion between two known ...

A pioneer in the engineering of polymers for drug-delivery applications to treat diseases such as cancer and mental illness, Dr. Robert Langer has been awarded the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for ...

If it’s biodegradable, then odds are it can be used for drug delivery. Why? Carnegie Mellon University’s Christopher Bettinger, an assistant professor of materials science and biomedical engineering, ...

These polymers have several advantages over existing biodegradable polymers, researchers said. Among them, the polymers – called polyketals – are biodegradable into Food and Drug ...