A novel material may improve the safety of drug-delivery systems that reside in the stomach. Drug-releasing devices that reside in the stomach for extended periods of time make it easier for patients ...

TheraCoat has developed a new proprietary drug delivery system for local treatment of bladder diseases, focusing currently on bladder cancer and overactive bladder. The novel hydrogel-based system ...

A new hydrogel-based drug delivery system enhances the cancer-fighting activity of doxorubicin by balancing the acidic environment in a tumor. The chitosan-poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel system, which ...

(Nanowerk News) Taking medications on time, in the right dose and for the prescribed duration can be challenging for patients, and failure to do so comes with steep costs, causing 10% of ...

Researchers have developed micro-cubes that can sponge up a hydrophobic anti-cancer drug and deliver it to cancer cells. Tissue culture tests show these tiny, porous cubes, loaded with the hydrophobic ...

Researchers have claimed “a major step forward” in the development of radio-labeled, microcapsule drug delivery systems. The microcapsules are designed to address shortcomings of existing delivery ...

For patients who receive a heart transplant in the near future, the old adage, "Good things come in small packages," may become words to live by. In a recent study, researchers at Johns Hopkins ...

A research team, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled soft self-standing protein hydrogels that selectively deliver drugs, thereby enhancing medicinal effects while minimizing associated toxicity.

Taking medications on time, in the right dose and for the prescribed duration can be challenging for patients, and failure to do so comes with steep costs, causing 10% of hospitalizations and billions ...