Targeted drug delivery is a powerful and promising area of medicine. Therapies that pinpoint the exact areas of the body where they're needed—and nowhere they're not—can reduce the medicine dosage and ...

New treatments based on biological molecules like RNA give scientists unprecedented control over how cells function. But delivering those drugs to the ...

The human brain comprises billions of neurons, synapses, and cell types, making it one of the universe's most intricate and dynamic structures. However, the complexity and sensitivity of the brain can ...

In a study published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, scientists from the UF Health Cancer Institute have found a way to make treatment for a notoriously aggressive breast cancer more ...

Researchers have demonstrated that microscopic drug delivery containers can be magnetically steered to their targets, advancing the development of precision medicine for treating diseases such as ...

Nanogels are increasingly used in drug delivery systems for their ability to encapsulate a wide range of therapeutic agents and release them in a controlled, targeted manner. Recent developments have ...

In the home, the lab and the factory, electric fields control technologies such as Kindle displays, medical diagnostic tests and devices that purify cancer drugs. In an electric field, anything with ...

In the evolving landscape of pharmaceutical development, modified release (MR) tablets have emerged as a cornerstone technology for improving therapeutic outcomes and patient compliance. Unlike ...

Modern cancer therapies have resulted in higher survival rates for victims of this dread disease, in many cases. However, their generic mode of delivery and action is associated with greater adverse ...