TY  - INPR
TI  - Novel biodegradable nanocarriers for enhanced drug delivery
N2  - With the refinement of functional properties, the interest around biodegradable materials, in biorelated applications and, in particular, in their use as controlled drug-delivery systems, increased in the last decades. Biodegradable materials are an ideal platform to obtain nanoparticles for spatiotemporal controlled drug delivery for the in vivo administration, thanks to their biocompatibility, functionalizability, the control exerted on delivery rates and the complete degradation. Their application in systems for cancer treatment, brain and cardiovascular diseases is already a consolidated practice in research, while the bench-to-bedside translation is still late. This review aims at summarizing reported applications of biodegradable materials to obtain drug-delivery nanoparticles in the last few years, giving a complete overview of pros and cons related to degradable nanomedicaments.
ID  - eprints3599
SN  - 2041-5990
N1  - PMID: 27834624
AV  - none
KW  - Biodegradable; Drug delivery; Drug targeting; Nanocarriers
PB  - Future Science
JF  - Therapeutic Delivery
UR  - http://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2016-0051
A1  - Gagliardi, Mariacristina
Y1  - 2016///
ER  -