Drug delivery by bursting microcapsules

Acid degradable microcapsules that deliver their cargo by bursting in acidic environments have been made by US chemists. The non-toxic capsules could be used to deliver drugs directly to cells, claim Jean Fréchet, at UC Berkeley, and colleagues.

Bursting microcapsules

Download Fréchet’s communication for FREE until 24th December. You might also be interested in a recent J. Mater. Chem. article on a tumour-targeting drug carrier with a pH-controlled release system, which uses graphene oxide as the carrier.

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