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This review addresses current and future perspectives of nanogel technology for nanomedicine. The synthetic methodologies and material properties of nanogels prepared by chemical meanings are discussed in detail, and examples that illustrate the different methodologies are presented. Applications in the fields of drug and gene delivery, smart imaging modalities, responsive materials, and multivalency as a therapeutic approach highlight the enormous potential of the functional nanogels as novel polymeric platforms for biomedicine.
Keywords: Biomedicine, drug delivery, functional polymer, imaging, multivalency, nanocarrier, nanogel, polymer therapeutics, responsive polymer
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Functional Nanogels for Biomedical Applications
Volume: 19 Issue: 29
Author(s): M. Asadian-Birjand, A. Sousa-Herves, D. Steinhilber, J.C. Cuggino and M. Calderon
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Keywords: Biomedicine, drug delivery, functional polymer, imaging, multivalency, nanocarrier, nanogel, polymer therapeutics, responsive polymer
Abstract: This review addresses current and future perspectives of nanogel technology for nanomedicine. The synthetic methodologies and material properties of nanogels prepared by chemical meanings are discussed in detail, and examples that illustrate the different methodologies are presented. Applications in the fields of drug and gene delivery, smart imaging modalities, responsive materials, and multivalency as a therapeutic approach highlight the enormous potential of the functional nanogels as novel polymeric platforms for biomedicine.
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Asadian-Birjand M., Sousa-Herves A., Steinhilber D., Cuggino J.C. and Calderon M., Functional Nanogels for Biomedical Applications, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2012; 19 (29) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867311209025029
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867311209025029 |
Print ISSN 0929-8673 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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