TY  - JOUR
SP  - 289
ID  - eprints3828
AV  - restricted
SN  - 2041-5990
TI  - Biomimetic and bioinspired nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery
A1  - Gagliardi, Mariacristina
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2017-0013
Y1  - 2017///
JF  - Therapeutic Delivery
KW  - Bioinspiration; Biomimicry; Drug targeting
N2  - In drug targeting, the urgent need for more effective and less iatrogenic therapies is pushing toward a complete revision of carrier setup. After the era of ?articles used as homing systems?, novel prototypes are now emerging. Newly conceived carriers are endowed with better biocompatibility, biodistribution and targeting properties. The biomimetic approach bestows such improved functional properties. Exploiting biological molecules, organisms and cells, or taking inspiration from them, drug vector performances are now rapidly progressing toward the perfect carrier. Following this direction, researchers have refined carrier properties, achieving significant results. The present review summarizes recent advances in biomimetic and bioinspired drug vectors, derived from biologicals or obtained by processing synthetic materials with a biomimetic approach
EP  - 299
PB  - Future Science
VL  - 8
IS  - 5
ER  -