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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 ...

Polymeric materials are playing increasingly important roles in the development of novel medical devices and drug delivery systems. "Polymer science and engineering have enabled the explosive growth ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Particulate nanocarriers have been praised for their advantageous drug delivery properties in the lung, such as avoidance of macrophage clearance mechanisms and long residence ...

A research team from POSTECH has developed a biodegradable polymer-based delivery system that efficiently transports mRNA.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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