South African Journal of Chemical Engineering (Oct 2023)

An overview of nanoparticles in drug delivery: Properties and applications

  • Chou-Yi Hsu,
  • Ahmed Mahdi Rheima,
  • Mustafa M. Kadhim,
  • Nada Nadhim Ahmed,
  • Srwa Hashim Mohammed,
  • Fatima Hashim Abbas,
  • Zainab Talib Abed,
  • Zahra Muhammed Mahdi,
  • Zainab Sabri Abbas,
  • Safa K. Hachim,
  • Farah K. Ali,
  • Zaid H Mahmoud,
  • Ehsan Kianfar

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46
pp. 233 – 270

Abstract

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Today, in diverse medical and clinical fields, including cancer treatment, nanoscience has evolved and evolved. Cancer and its forms, on the other hand, have been rumored and inclusive, and many individuals suffer from this fatal and lethal condition. Actually, even with the medicinal effect, current therapeutic approaches, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc., create symptoms that are inconvenient for patients. Scientists and scholars are also working to establish and, strengthen the options and methods of therapy to deal with this dangerous illness. Nanoscience and nanotechnology have been popular today, their different areas, including nanoparticles, are commonly used for a number of applications, especially for drug delivery and diagnostic products, and cases of imaging. Release mechanisms focused on nanotechnology have a profound effect on the release of cancer drugs. Biomaterials and bio-engineering developments are leading to novel approaches to nanoparticles that could offer a new way for cancer patients to improve. In the drug release method, Nano-technology has had a great effect on the selection of cancer cells, the release of a targeted drug, and the overcoming of traditional chemotherapy limitations. This article discusses the drug delivery to tumor tissue, a method that is more effective than traditional drug delivery methods, also many new nanoparticles have solved the problem of cell resistance to the drug, provided a new field in the treatment of cancer.

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