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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 ...

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 ...

A research team from POSTECH has developed a biodegradable polymer-based delivery system that efficiently transports mRNA. The study was recently published in Biomaterials. Since the COVID-19 pandemic ...

This ultimate goal of this project is to develop advanced drug delivery systems, which combat diseases by effectively sending "targeted bombs" to disease sites. Project is Not Currently Available This ...

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 ...

PolyPid, a developer of innovative drug carriers, announced today the company's flagship platform - PolyPid. PolyPid is a new, innovative family of drug carriers, based on a fusion between two known ...

A pioneer in the engineering of polymers for drug-delivery applications to treat diseases such as cancer and mental illness, Dr. Robert Langer has been awarded the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for ...

If it’s biodegradable, then odds are it can be used for drug delivery. Why? Carnegie Mellon University’s Christopher Bettinger, an assistant professor of materials science and biomedical engineering, ...

Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of their versatile and environmentally friendly properties, these molecules could eventually replace some ...

Figure 2: Loss of mass as a function of degradation time for the 9.5K-PLA-DX-PEG and the 9.5K-PLA-PEG polymers in vitro. Figure 3: Swelling ratio of the 9.5K-PLA-DX-PEG or the 9.5K-PLA-PEG polymer as ...