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Alsuraifi, A, Curtis, A, Lamprou, DA and Hoskins, C (2018) Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Systems for Cancer Therapy. Pharmaceutics, 10 (3). ISSN 1999-4923
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Abstract
Nanoscale polymers systems have dominated the revolution of drug delivery advancement. Their potential in the fight against cancer is unrivalled with other technologies. Their functionality increase, targeting ability and stimuli responsive nature have led to a major boom in research focus. This review article concentrates on the use of these smart polymers in cancer therapy. Nanotechnologies have shown potential as drug carriers leading to increased drug efficacy and penetration. Multifunctional smart carriers which can release their payload upon an external or internal trigger such as pH or temperature are proving to be major frontrunners in the development of effective strategies to overcome this disease with minimal patient side effects.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0). |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | stimuli responsive; smart polymer; intelligent polymer; cancer therapy |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Pharmacy |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2018 09:22 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2018 09:22 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/5334 |