Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks, able to absorb large amount of water,
increasing their volume and showing a plethora of different material behaviors. Since their …

Oral administration is perhaps the most commonly used and acceptable route for drug
delivery to patients, mainly due to its non-invasiveness, simplicity, and versatility …

An acid-resistant DNA hydrogel that is stable in an extremely acidic environment with pH as
low as 1.2 has not been reported before, largely due to the instability of DNA-hybridized …

In recent years, biodegradable polymers have gained the attention of many researchers for
their promising applications, especially in drug delivery, due to their good biocompatibility …

Among the various dosage forms, oral medicine has extensive benefits including ease of
administration and patients' compliance, over injectable, suppositories, ocular and nasal …

Hydrogels, three-dimensional (3D) polymer networks, present unique properties, like
biocompatibility, biodegradability, tunable mechanical properties, sensitivity to various …

Cellulose is a highly abundant, green, sustainable, and biodegradable polymer. These
characteristic features of cellulose make it a useful polymer for the synthesis of bio-based …

In recent decades, cellulose has been extensively investigated due to its favourable
properties, such as hydrophilicity, low-cost, biodegradability, biocompatibility, and non …

For administration of therapeutic agents, the oral route is favored since it is comfortable to
patients and also requires a reduced cost. Recently, a considerable amount of work has …

Oral administration is a desirable alternative of parenteral administration due to the
convenience and increased compliance to patients, especially for chronic diseases that …