Elastic drug delivery: could treatments be triggered by patient movement?

Nanomedicine (Lond). 2016 Feb;11(4):323-5. doi: 10.2217/nnm.15.197. Epub 2016 Jan 19.

Authors

Yuqi Zhang¹, Jicheng Yu¹, Yong Zhu², Zhen Gu¹

Affiliations

¹ Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
² Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.

PMID: 26783932
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.197

No abstract available

Keywords: drug delivery; mechanical-responsive; nanoparticle; wearable devices.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Drug Delivery Systems*
Elasticity
Humans
Movement*
Patients*