Micro and Nanocarriers for Biomedicine
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Drug Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 2086
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The goal of this Special Issue is to show a current outlook of functional micro- and nanocarriers for biomedical applications through original research or review articles on this subject.
Nanotechnology is a science involving the manipulation of matter on an atomic and molecular scale, in the size range of a few to several hundred nanomaterials. Their application in the biomedical field provides conventional medicine with new tools for tissue repair, diagnostics and treatment of pathologies, often by delivering drugs to tissues and areas of interest. In this sense, micro and nanocarriers have been widely investigated in recent decades. Nano-based carriers allow for high control of their properties with a high surface area/volume ratio. This allows them to alter the bioactivity of drugs, improving their pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and solubility, decreasing toxicity, preventing drug degradation and allowing controlled drug release of therapeutic agents to specific target sites. In short, they offer a wide range of new treatment opportunities.
We invite both research manuscripts and reviews focusing on a wide range of issues and concerns regarding nano-based carriers for biomedical applications.
Dr. María Pilar Lobera González
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- micro- and nanocarrier
- biomaterials for drug delivery
- tissue repair
- biomaterials for diagnostics
- antibacterial biomaterials
- biomaterials for cancer therapies
