Generating Better Medicines for Cancer
Author(s) -
Stuart S. Dunn,
James D. Byrne,
Jillian L. Perry,
Kai Chen,
Joseph M. DeSimone
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acs macro letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.966
H-Index - 92
ISSN - 2161-1653
DOI - 10.1021/mz400116a
Subject(s) - biocompatibility , nanotechnology , cancer therapy , drug delivery , template , materials science , replication (statistics) , cancer , particle (ecology) , process (computing) , wetting , cancer treatment , biochemical engineering , computer science , medicine , biology , engineering , ecology , virology , metallurgy , composite material , operating system
The complexity of tumor biology warrants tailored drug delivery for overcoming the major challenges faced by cancer therapies. The versatility of the PRINT ® (Particle Replication In Non-wetting Templates) process has enabled the preparation of shape- and size-specific particles with a wide range of chemical compositions and therapeutic cargos. Different particle matrices and drugs may be combined in a plug-and-play approach, such that physico-chemical characteristics of delivery vectors may be optimized for biocompatibility, cargo stability and release, circulation half-life, and efficacy. Thus, the engineering of particles for cancer therapy with specific biophysical behaviors and cellular responses has been demonstrated via the PRINT process.
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