Special Issue "Current Trends and Challenges in Liposomal Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy"
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2023) | Viewed by 233
Special Issue Editor
Interests: drug delivery; the chemical modification of polymeric nanocarriers; the design and synthesis of coupling reagents and α-amino protecting groups used in peptide synthesis (application in solution and solid phase synthesis); the synthesis of biologically active heterocyclic compounds
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The nanomedicine-based delivery of anticancer therapeutics, as well as theranostic agents, has recently established a paramount investigation. Inspired by the FDA-approved nanomedicine-based products in the market, striving for a biocompatible, biodegradable, tunable, and less immunogenic nano-system has been considered the main target. One of the most implemented nano-systems is “Liposomes”. A phospholipid bilayer self-assembled into a nanocarrier, which possesses the ability to accommodate various cargos. More importantly, the tunable characteristics of liposomes have provided an appealing resort for in vivo applications. Liposomes can be manufactured with inherent characteristics, functionalized with chemically inert or biologically derived materials. Implications pertaining to liposomal formulations encompass stimuli-responsive drug release, combined drug delivery, overcoming cancer drug resistance, gene and vaccine delivery with higher stability, as well as cancer immunotherapy. Thereby, this Special Issue aims to highlight the most recent advances in anticancer research by exploiting the full potential of liposomal nanocarriers.
I/We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Sherine N. Khattab
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liposomes
- cancer
- nanomedicine
- drug delivery
- nanoparticles
- drug carriers
