Double emulsions are complex systems, also called “emulsions of emulsions”, in which the
droplets of the dispersed phase contain one or more types of smaller dispersed droplets …

Recently, a variety of bioactive protein drugs have been available in large quantities as a
result of advances in biotechnology. Such availability has prompted development of long …

Nanomedicine and drug delivery technologies play a prominent role in modern medicine,
facilitating better treatments than conventional drugs. Nanomedicine is being increasingly …

Discovery of insulin in the early 1900s initiated the research and development to improve
the means of therapeutic protein delivery in patients. In the past decade, great emphasis has …

Quince seed mucilage was used in a combination of sodium alginate to develop sustained-
release microspheres of cefixime. Physical characterizations such as FTIR, TGA, DSC, and …

Several methods and techniques are potentially useful for the preparation of microparticles
in the field of controlled drug delivery. The type and the size of the microparticles, the …

Neurodegenerative diseases represent a major public health problem, but beneficial clinical
treatment with neurotrophic factors has not been established yet. The therapeutic use of …

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has shown promise in the treatment of
neurodegenerative disorders of basal ganglia origin such us Parkinson's disease (PD). In …

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a synthetic biocompatible polymer with many useful properties
for developing therapeutics to treat spinal cord injury. Direct application of PEG as a fusogen …

This review highlights recent work on the use of biomaterial-based drug delivery systems to
control the release of neurotrophic factors as a potential strategy for the treatment of …