Also: nanocarriers, nanomedicine
Tiny carriers that deliver drugs to the right tissues.
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Mitchell and colleagues reviewed advances in nanoparticle design that overcome barriers to delivery.
As reported in: Mitchell, Billingsley, Haley et al. (2020). Engineering precision nanoparticles for drug delivery. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. doi:10.1038/s41573-020-0090-8
Peer and colleagues reviewed nanocarriers and molecules for selective tumour targeting and the challenges in cancer treatment.
As reported in: Peer, Karp, Hong et al. (2007). Nanocarriers as an emerging platform for cancer therapy. Nature Nanotechnology. doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.387
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