Nanotechnology and Microtechnology in Drug DeliverySystems

摘要

A special issue of the journal entitled“Nanotechnology and Microtechnology in Drug Delivery Systems” is proposed. Inpharmaceutical studies, new and existing drugs continue to be investigated fortheir poor specificity, solubility, therapeutic index, and immunogenicity. Inorder to solve these problems, drug delivery systems are essential forcontrolled drug release. It has been shown that the size and shape (nano- ormicro-) of drug carriers can affect a drug’s circulation time, distribution, andcellular uptake. Hence, it is not surprising that nanotechnology andmicrotechnology have been explored as powerful tools for drug delivery in pastdecades. The main topics will be related to the technologies includingmicrotechnology for the sustained release of drug, nanotechnology for thetargeting delivery of drugs, new polymer materials nanotechnology,nanotechnology in drugs combination application, and so on.