Improving the safety efficacy ratio of existing drugs is a current challenge to be addressed
rather than the development of novel drugs which involve much expense and time. The …

New achievements in the realm of nanoscience and innovative techniques of nanomedicine
have moved micro/nanoparticles (MNPs) to the point of becoming actually useful for …

Smart drug delivery systems (DDSs) have attracted the attention of many scientists, as
carriers that can be stimulated by changes in environmental parameters such as …

Hydrogels are natural or synthetic polymer networks that exhibit high water absorbent
capacities and have been used as scaffolds for tissue engineering or as delivery carriers for …

Stimuli-sensitive injectable polymeric hydrogels have been extensively investigated during
the past decade as bioactive agent delivery vehicles and for tissue engineering applications …

Since drug delivery systems have become one of the most promising areas of human health
related research, the applications of biomaterials such as hydrogels have been widely …

The development of an atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) system without any
transition metal catalyst for electronic and biomedical applications was considered to be in …

The controlled presentation of proteins from and within materials remains of significant
interest for many bioengineering applications. Though “smart” platforms offer control over …

“Smart” biomaterials that are responsive to pathological abnormalities are an appealing
class of therapeutic platforms for the development of personalized medications. The …

In this article, we highlight some recent developments in “smart” physical hydrogels
achieved by self-assembling of block type macromolecules. More precisely we focus on two …