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Recent advances in drug delivery systems based on polypeptides prepared from N ‐carboxyanhydrides
Author(s) -
Hehir Sarah,
Cameron Neil R
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.4710
Subject(s) - drug delivery , biocompatible material , self healing hydrogels , nanotechnology , micelle , chemistry , monomer , polymerization , targeted drug delivery , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , polymer , organic chemistry , biomedical engineering , aqueous solution , medicine
Multifunctional polypeptide‐based drug delivery systems prepared from ring‐opening polymerization of N ‐carboxyanhydrides demonstrate enormous potential in the drug delivery field, incorporating increased biostability along with stimuli‐responsive and active targeting functions.