The transdermal route of administration provides numerous advantages over conventional
routes ie, oral or injectable for the treatment of different diseases and cosmetics applications …

Insulin therapy is necessary to regulate blood glucose levels for people with type 1 diabetes
and commonly used in advanced type 2 diabetes. Although subcutaneous insulin …

Ultrasound-responsive polymeric materials have received a tremendous amount of attention
from scientists for several decades. Compared to other stimuli-responsive materials (such as …

Recent advances in ultrasound (US) have shown its great potential in biomedical
applications as diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The coupling of US-assisted drug delivery …

The past twenty five years have seen an explosion in the creation and discovery of new
medicinal agents. Related innovations in drug delivery systems have not only enabled the …

Optimisation of drug delivery through human skin is important in modern therapy. This
review considers drug–vehicle interactions (drug or prodrug selection, chemical potential …

The skin represents an extraordinary evolutionary feat. Not only does it physically
encapsulate the organism and provide a multifunctional interface between us and our …

The protective function of human skin imposes physicochemical limitations to the type of
permeant that can traverse the barrier. For a drug to be delivered passively via the skin it …

This Account reviews our laboratory's research in biomaterials. In one area, drug delivery,
we discuss the development of materials that are capable of releasing macromolecules such …

The use of ultrasound for the delivery of drugs to, or through, the skin is commonly known as
sonophoresis or phonophoresis. The use of therapeutic and high frequencies of ultrasound …