Nanomedicines for diagnosis and therapy
Nanomedicines
Materials for nano-medicines
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Nano-carriers for drug delivery
Liposomes
Advantages of liposome structure
Polysomes
Polymeric micells
Amphiphilic polymers for micells
Advantage of polymeric micells
Drug release from polymeric micells
Other types of polymeric micells
Dendrimers
Advantages of dendrimers
Hydrogel nanoparticles
Angiogenesis in cancers
ERP (Enhanced permeability and retention) effect
Lipid emulsion
Leaky blood vessels in tumors
Passive tumor targeting by EPR effect
Tumor targeting in nano-medicines
Barriers in in-vivo implementation