Preparation and Biomedical Application of Micro- and Nanocarriers of Active Substances

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, effective treatment of hard-to-treat diseases, including cancers, severe infections, metabolic disorders, wounds, and neurological diseases is a global problem. Therefore, modern medicine is focused on designing intelligent drug delivery systems that combine treatment, diagnosis, targeting, and monitoring which in consequence involve the personalization of therapy. By improving the absorption of the active substance, obtaining a prolonged/controlled effect of the drug, or increasing the physicochemical stability of biological materials that are unstable by nature, the therapeutic effectiveness of the drug can be increased. Various multifunctional vesicles in micro- and nanoscale have been developed as carriers for the delivery of different types of molecules, including unstable particles (e.g. enzymes, proteins, DNA, siRNA, or antibodies) or sensitive low molecular weight substances (e.g. antioxidants, cytostatics). Numerous studies are conducted on targeted drug delivery and release in pathologically changed cells, in which new solutions in the field of micro- and nanocarriers of active substances are sought or existing ones are modified. We cordially invite authors and researchers dealing with the subject of micro- and nanocarriers of active substances to submit original research or review articles. In particular, we will pay attention to research and opinions in the topic of micro- and nanoscale technologies as well as biomedical applications of the obtained carriers of active substances.

Dr. Beata Sarecka-Hujar
Dr. Beata Szulc-Musiol
Guest Editors

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• carriers
• microformulations
• nanoformulations
• nanotechnology
• active substances
• drug delivery systems
• biomedical application
• nanomedicine
• biomaterials
• micro- and nanomaterial delivery vehicles
• micro- and nanoscale fabrication techniques
• processing
• drug form stability
• in vitro characterization