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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.

Orally ingestible robotic drug delivery device overcomes barriers of the gastrointestinal environment

Oral drug delivery is the most common and cost-effective way to deliver a treatment. But drugs must make it through the harsh, acidic environment of the stomach, resist degradation by enzymes, penetrate the barrier posed by the mucus of the small intestine and overcome many other obstacles before they can be absorbed.

28 Sep 2022

Lab-grown ‘pigmented’ skin-equivalent commercially available for the first time

Labskin and University of Bradford team up to bring new science in skin health to greater diversity for skin types.

27 Sep 2022

Recent developments in the use of nanoparticles to deliver drugs to the brain via intranasal administration

Scientists have recently reviewed research articles related to the application of inorganic nanoparticles in delivering drugs to the brain through the intranasal route.

7 Sep 2022

Recent advances in nano-based therapeutic strategies for the treatment of infectious lung diseases

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. Infectious lung diseases are inflammatory diseases of the lungs caused by infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses or fungi.

5 Sep 2022

Alternative approaches to functional and phenotypic assays using multi-parameter flow cytometry

Synexa is an industry-leading biomarker and large molecule bio analytic research service provider. In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Natalie Strickland, a principal scientist at Synexa, about alternative approaches to flow cytometry.

From Synexa Life Sciences BV 5 Sep 2022

3 shots in 1: How microparticles could be used to deliver self-boosting vaccines

In this interview, we speak to Morteza Sarmadi from MIT about his labs latest research that developed microparticles able to deliver self-boosting vaccines.

30 Aug 2022

COVID-19 pandemic: An epidemiological update

Epidemics and pandemics have been frightening the human chase again and again. SARS, H1N1, Ebola, and more have exposed their real face in the past, but with every such outbreak.

25 Aug 2022

How effective are nanotechnology-based vaccines, drugs, and antibodies to combat variants of SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers explored how effectively nanotechnology-based novel and potential vaccines, drugs, and monoclonal antibodies could combat the current and yet to emerge SARS-CoV-2 variants.

22 Aug 2022

Using microrobotic platforms for endodontic therapy and diagnostics

With its irregularities and anatomical complexities, the root canal system is one of the most clinically challenging spaces in the oral cavity.

9 Aug 2022

New simulator quantifies the effect of body posture and stomach motility on drug bioavailability

A common, economic, and easy method of administering drugs is orally, by swallowing a pill or capsule.

9 Aug 2022

Implantable mechanotherapeutic drug delivery platform helps overcome host immune response

Implantable devices that release insulin into the body hold promise as an alternative way to treat diabetes without insulin injections or cannula insertions. However, one obstacle that has prevented their use so far is that the immune system attacks them after implantation, forming a thick layer of scar tissue that blocks insulin release.

8 Aug 2022

Shear-thinning biomaterial-based minimally invasive strategy for delivery of targeted immunotherapy

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed and optimized a minimally invasive method for more targeted, efficient, and sustained delivery of immunotherapeutic treatments for cancer.

2 Aug 2022

Carbon monoxide foam in the fight against inflammation

News-Medical speaks to Leo Otterbein about a novel way to deliver carbon monoxide to the body while bypassing its potentially hazardous effects.

2 Aug 2022

The recent progress in investigating the inhibitory impact of nanosponges and antiviral delivery against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers assessed the potential of nanosponges against SARS-CoV-2.

1 Aug 2022

Researchers use oil droplets to reveal mechanisms behind navigation of biological microswimmers

Bacteria and other unicellular organisms developed sophisticated ways to actively navigate their way, despite being comparably simple structures.

29 Jul 2022

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: Possibilities in therapeutic development

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Philippe Riviere, Senior Scientist at NanoComposix (now a Fortis Life Sciences company) about mesoporous silica nanoparticles and the possibilities and opportunities they provide to drug delivery, vaccine development and more.

From nanoComposix 28 Jul 2022

Drug Delivery News and Research

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Orally ingestible robotic drug delivery device overcomes barriers of the gastrointestinal environment

Lab-grown ‘pigmented’ skin-equivalent commercially available for the first time

Recent developments in the use of nanoparticles to deliver drugs to the brain via intranasal administration

Recent advances in nano-based therapeutic strategies for the treatment of infectious lung diseases

Alternative approaches to functional and phenotypic assays using multi-parameter flow cytometry

3 shots in 1: How microparticles could be used to deliver self-boosting vaccines

COVID-19 pandemic: An epidemiological update

How effective are nanotechnology-based vaccines, drugs, and antibodies to combat variants of SARS-CoV-2?

Using microrobotic platforms for endodontic therapy and diagnostics

New simulator quantifies the effect of body posture and stomach motility on drug bioavailability

Implantable mechanotherapeutic drug delivery platform helps overcome host immune response

Shear-thinning biomaterial-based minimally invasive strategy for delivery of targeted immunotherapy

Carbon monoxide foam in the fight against inflammation

The recent progress in investigating the inhibitory impact of nanosponges and antiviral delivery against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers use oil droplets to reveal mechanisms behind navigation of biological microswimmers

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: Possibilities in therapeutic development

Creating a Microrobot to One Day Tackle Cancer

Researchers investigate the feasibility of modifying cholera toxin for targeted delivery to specific organelles

Research reveals molecular clues associated with traumatic brain injury

Study may help overcome some obstacles to the development of nanoparticle-based drugs

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Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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