1. Lights, lipids, action.
- Author
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Nogrady, Bianca
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DRUG delivery systems , *LIPIDS , *RETINAL degeneration treatment , *CANCER treatment , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
The article discusses research on drug delivery systems using lipids, and presents comments from the materials science professor Benjamin Boyd of Monash University on the potential of lipids to create special materials which could deliver drugs to the specific part of the body where they're needed and keep them there until activated by a laser beam. The potential of the drug delivery system for the treatment of macular degeneration, cancer, and diabetes is commented on, and the observation that it would need fewer injections that traditional methods is offered.
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- 2013