Conventional forms of drug administration generally rely on pills, eye drops, ointments, and
intravenous solutions. Recently, a number of novel drug delivery approaches have been …

The potential for use of polymers in controlled drug delivery systems has been long
recognized. Since their appearance in the literature, a wide range of degradable and non …

Synthetic materials are a tremendous potential resource for treating human disease. For the
rational design of many of these biomaterials it is necessary to have an understanding of …

In the past, drugs were frequently administered orally, as liquids or in powder forms. To
avoid problems incurred through the utilization of the oral route of drug administration, new …

This review seeks to give an overview of the current approaches to drug delivery from
scaffolds for neural tissue engineering applications. The challenges presented by attempting …

Controlled release systems are an effective means for local drug delivery. In local drug
delivery, the major goal is to supply therapeutic levels of a drug agent at a physical site in …

Growth factors are becoming extremely valuable tools in our attempts to understand the
mechanisms that modulate cellular activities. Their targeting to appropriate cells and …

Cancer chemotherapy is not always effective. Difficulties in drug delivery to the tumor, drug
toxicity to normal tissues, and drug stability in the body contribute to this problem. Polymeric …

We report on the incorporation of microfluidic structure within a high-water-content hydrogel
[4%(w/v) calcium alginate]. We used the microfluidic network to control the chemical …

Rapid advances in antennas, propagation, electromagnetics, and materials are opening
new and unexplored opportunities in body area sensing and stimulation. Next-generation …