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Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery

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Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via combining the characteristics of a hydrogel system with a nanoparticle, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.
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This article is published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.The article was published on 2008-12-14. It has received 1704 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanogel & Drug carrier.

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Morphology, Structure and Function Characterization of PEI Modified Magnetic Nanoparticles Gene Delivery System

TL;DR: Investigation of the morphologies, assembling structures and gene delivering abilities of the PEI modified magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) gene delivery system found that MNPs has low cytotoxicity and introduces highly stable transfection in mammalian somatic cells.
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Biopolymer-based hydrogels for encapsulation of photocatalytic TiO2 nanoparticles prepared by the freezing/thawing method

TL;DR: In this article, a method of making biopolymer-based photocatalytic composite materials is reported, which is based on encapsulation of TiO2 nanoparticles into a porous polymer matrix by mixing the nanoparticles with a Biopolymer, iota-carrageenan (CRG), and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) followed by freezing/thawing cycles.
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Nanohydrogels as a prospective member of the nanomedicine family

TL;DR: Nanohydrogels, in other words hydrogel nanoparticles in the nanometer scale from tens to hundreds of nanometers, have become a member of great potential in the Nanomedicine family.
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Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin hybrid nanogels as nano-drug delivery carriers to enhance the solubility of dexibuprofen: Characterization, in vitro release, and acute oral toxicity studies

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and characterized hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) hybrid nanogels for solubility enhancement of lipophilic drug, dexibuprofen.
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TL;DR: The composition and synthesis of hydrogels, the character of their absorbed water, and permeation of solutes within their swollen matrices are reviewed to identify the most important properties relevant to their biomedical applications.
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Environment-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery

TL;DR: Development of environmentally sensitive hydrogels with a wide array of desirable properties can be made is a formidable challenge, however, if the achievements of the past can be extrapolated into the future, it is highly likely that responsive hydrogelWith such properties can been made.
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Hydrogels in pharmaceutical formulations.

TL;DR: The aim of this article is to present a concise review on the applications of hydrogels in the pharmaceutical field, hydrogel characterization and analysis of drug release from such devices.
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Long-Circulating and Target-Specific Nanoparticles: Theory to Practice

TL;DR: The surface mechanisms, which affords red blood cells long-circulatory lives and the ability of specific microorganisms to evade macrophage recognition, are explored and the rational approaches in the design as well as the biological performance of such constructs are assessed.
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