| | Nanomedicine, or medicine using nanometric devices, has emerged in the past decade as an exhilarating domain that can help to solve a number of problems linked to unsatisfactory therapeutic responses of so-called 'old drugs'. This dissatisfaction stems from inadequate biodistribution after a drug's application, which leads to a limited therapeutic response but also to numerous side effects to healthy organs. The biodistribution of drugs encapsulated in a nanoobject that will act as a vector can be modified to tune its therapeutic efficacy. In this talk we provide a general overview of existing colloidal nanovectors: liposomes, polymeric micelles, polymeric vesicles, polymeric nanoparticles, and dendrimers. We describe their characteristics, advantages and drawbacks, and discuss their use in the treatment of various diseases.
Seminar Speaker:
Mr. M. Rezaei Sani
Date :
26 September 2013
Time :
11:00 - 12:30 | |
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