Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Bioorthogonal in situ assembly of nanomedicines as drug depots for extracellular drug delivery

  • Ziyang Cao,
  • Dongdong Li,
  • Liang Zhao,
  • Mengting Liu,
  • Pengyue Ma,
  • Yingli Luo,
  • Xianzhu Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29693-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Delivering the correct concentration of drugs to the correct location is a challenge in cancer therapy. Here, the authors generate a drug loaded nanoparticle that enlarges following contact with the internal tumour cell environment, resulting in the retention of the nanoparticle and loaded drugs in cancer cells.