Magnetic Drug Delivery: Where the Field Is Going

Paige M. Price; Waleed E. Mahmoud; Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi; Lyudmila M. Bronstein; Lyudmila M. Bronstein; Lyudmila M. Bronstein

doi:10.3389/fchem.2018.00619

Frontiers in Chemistry (Dec 2018)

Magnetic Drug Delivery: Where the Field Is Going

Paige M. Price,
Waleed E. Mahmoud,
Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi,
Lyudmila M. Bronstein,
Lyudmila M. Bronstein,
Lyudmila M. Bronstein

Affiliations

Paige M. Price: Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
Waleed E. Mahmoud: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Lyudmila M. Bronstein: Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
Lyudmila M. Bronstein: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Lyudmila M. Bronstein: A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00619
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6

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Targeted delivery of anticancer drugs is considered to be one of the pillars of cancer treatment as it could allow for a better treatment efficiency and less adverse effects. A promising drug delivery approach is magnetic drug targeting which can be realized if a drug delivery vehicle possesses a strong magnetic moment. Here, we discuss different types of magnetic nanomaterials which can be used as magnetic drug delivery vehicles, approaches to magnetic targeted delivery as well as promising strategies for the enhancement of the imaging-guided delivery and the therapeutic action.

Published in Frontiers in Chemistry

ISSN: 2296-2646 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/chemistry

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