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Drug delivery is a term that refers to the delivery of a pharmaceutical compound into the body. Most common methods of delivery include the preferred non-invasive oral (through the mouth), nasal, pneumonial (inhalation), and rectal routes. Much research is now focussing on nanotechnology as a drug delivery method.

2023 PCRF grant recipients announced for exploring new, safer treatments for pediatric cancers

The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, a nonproﬁt focused on transforming pediatric cancer care by accelerating research breakthroughs, today announced the 19 recipients of its 2023 research grants.

26 May 2023

Hydrogen sulfide can be used to support photothermal therapy for cancer

Hydrogen sulfide is usually a highly toxic gas. However, with careful preparation, it can be used to support photothermal therapy (PTT) in treating cancer, as a team of researchers reporting in the journal Angewandte Chemie has recently discovered.

26 May 2023

New class of tiny, self-propelled robots could one day deliver drugs throughout the human body

A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed a new class of tiny, self-propelled robots that can zip through liquid at incredible speeds-;and may one day even deliver prescription drugs to hard-to-reach places inside the human body.

24 May 2023

Researchers use AI models to advance drug delivery system for chronic eye diseases

Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have used artificial intelligence models and machine-learning algorithms to successfully predict which components of amino acids that make up therapeutic proteins are most likely to safely deliver therapeutic drugs to animal eye cells.

24 May 2023

Cancer researchers join together to fight lethal childhood brain cancer

Virginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have joined a Children's National Hospital effort to treat deadly brain tumors with ultrahigh frequency sound waves.

22 May 2023

Research paves the way to safer, more effective treatment for children with aggressive blood cancers

Australian nanomedicine researchers have come up with a new approach to solving a decades-old clinical problem: getting treatment drugs to act selectively on cancer cells in the body.

18 May 2023

"Smart" sutures can detect inflammation and release drugs

Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed "smart" sutures that can not only hold tissue in place, but also detect inflammation and release drugs.

16 May 2023

Research sheds light on potential application of cyclodextrin derivatives in drug-supersaturated formulations

In the medicine market, most newly introduced drugs and drug candidates show poor water solubility, which prevents their absorption in the body.

15 May 2023

HER2-TPMC proves to be a reasonable alternative for HER2-positive cancer chemotherapeutics

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have the following advantages: target specificity; wide therapeutic index; and prolonged circulation half-life.

15 May 2023

Exploiting platelets for antitumor drug delivery and immune modulation of tumor microenvironment

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. Platelets are blood components traditionally believed to have fundamental roles in vascular hemostasis and thrombosis.

15 May 2023

New drug delivery system delivers antioxidant directly to mitochondria in the liver

A new drug delivery system delivers an antioxidant directly to mitochondria in the liver, mitigating the effects of oxidative stress.

10 May 2023

New zebrafish model provides insight into how the brain acquires essential omega-3 fatty acids

Researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UCLA and the National Institutes of Health have developed a zebrafish model that provides new insight into how the brain acquires essential omega-3 fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and linolenic acid (ALA).

8 May 2023

Paving the Way for New Drugs through Particle Perfection

Do particles hold the power to pave the way for new drugs? In this interview, we speak to Ben Knappett, head of science and applications at Particle Works to find out more!

From Particle Works 2 May 2023

Researchers develop a backpack-based myeloid cell therapy for MS patients

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating autoimmune disease that destroys the protective myelin covering around nerves, disrupting communication between the brain and body, and causing patients' ability to move and function to progressively decline.

21 Apr 2023

Super-polymers are used by gut bacteria to fend off antibiotics

The discovery shows why it can be so difficult to tackle drug-resistant bacteria, but does provide a possible avenue for tackling the problem.

21 Apr 2023

Nonsurgical system for controlled delivery of antibiotics to treat aggressive periodontitis in adolescents

Aggressive periodontitis is a severe type of gum infection that causes the destruction of ligament and bone and can lead to tooth loss in otherwise healthy individuals.

20 Apr 2023

Using an implantable nanofluidic device to tame pancreatic cancer

Houston Methodist nanomedicine researchers have found a way to tame pancreatic cancer - one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers - by delivering immunotherapy directly into the tumor with a device that is smaller than a grain of rice.

13 Apr 2023

Researchers construct super-sized nanocage for delivering larger drug cargoes

Think about how frustrating it is to try to fit a gift into a box that is too small. Sometimes you just need a bigger box.

6 Apr 2023

Seda: Winners of Bionow Business Growth Award 2022

Seda are honoured to have been named winners of the Business Growth Award at the prestigious Bionow Awards 2022. This award recognises our outstanding growth, innovation, and contribution to the North of England’s life sciences sector, as well as our commitment to innovation and excellence in the pharmaceutical industry.

From Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services 6 Apr 2023

Next-level technology for making time-released drugs could be a remedy for missed medications

Missing crucial doses of medicines and vaccines could become a thing of the past thanks to Rice University bioengineers' next-level technology for making time-released drugs.

3 Apr 2023

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2023 PCRF grant recipients announced for exploring new, safer treatments for pediatric cancers

Hydrogen sulfide can be used to support photothermal therapy for cancer

New class of tiny, self-propelled robots could one day deliver drugs throughout the human body

Researchers use AI models to advance drug delivery system for chronic eye diseases

Cancer researchers join together to fight lethal childhood brain cancer

Research paves the way to safer, more effective treatment for children with aggressive blood cancers

"Smart" sutures can detect inflammation and release drugs

Research sheds light on potential application of cyclodextrin derivatives in drug-supersaturated formulations

HER2-TPMC proves to be a reasonable alternative for HER2-positive cancer chemotherapeutics

Exploiting platelets for antitumor drug delivery and immune modulation of tumor microenvironment

New drug delivery system delivers antioxidant directly to mitochondria in the liver

New zebrafish model provides insight into how the brain acquires essential omega-3 fatty acids

Paving the Way for New Drugs through Particle Perfection

Researchers develop a backpack-based myeloid cell therapy for MS patients

Super-polymers are used by gut bacteria to fend off antibiotics

Nonsurgical system for controlled delivery of antibiotics to treat aggressive periodontitis in adolescents

Using an implantable nanofluidic device to tame pancreatic cancer

Researchers construct super-sized nanocage for delivering larger drug cargoes

Seda: Winners of Bionow Business Growth Award 2022

Next-level technology for making time-released drugs could be a remedy for missed medications

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