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Generating Better Medicines for Cancer
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Generating Better Medicines for Cancer

Stuart S. Dunn, James D. Byrne, Jillian L. Perry, Kai Chen and Joseph M. DeSimone
ACS macro letters, Vol.2(5), pp.393-397
04/24/2013
DOI: 10.1021/mz400116a
PMCID: PMC3680140
PMID: 23772351
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https://doi.org/10.1021/mz400116aView
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Abstract

The complexity of tumor biology warrants tailored drug delivery for overcoming the major challenges faced by cancer therapies. The versatility of the PRINT ® (Particle Replication In Non-wetting Templates) process has enabled the preparation of shape- and size-specific particles with a wide range of chemical compositions and therapeutic cargos. Different particle matrices and drugs may be combined in a plug-and-play approach, such that physico-chemical characteristics of delivery vectors may be optimized for biocompatibility, cargo stability and release, circulation half-life, and efficacy. Thus, the engineering of particles for cancer therapy with specific biophysical behaviors and cellular responses has been demonstrated via the PRINT process.
cancer drug delivery medicine nanoparticle PRINT soft lithography

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