Nanoparticle drug delivery

Phys.Org (Oct. 3) -- For the first time, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that the success of delivery of drugs from nanoparticles can be quantified inside a cell. "We can precisely tell how much drug has been released from the carrier at a given time point," stated Dipanjan Pan, assistant professor of Bioengineering at Illinois. "The result is significant and may help eventually to increase the efficacy of the therapy and help us better understand what drives the cellular entry of nanoparticles and drug release. Also: Science Daily (Oct. 3), ScienceBlog (Sept. 26), Controlled Environments Magazine (Oct. 4).