Research: Controlled therapeutic release of macromolecules possible
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 07:32
in Health & Medicine
When a large volume of medication is the prescription, steady and controlled release of the drug sometimes is preferred by physicians over a "burst-release" treatment in which the substance is administered all at once. In recent years, researchers have developed numerous ways to administer substances in a controlled way, but doing so for therapeutics of large molecular size has been an elusive goal, especially when one needs nanoparticles for the delivery.