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Hydrogels: from controlled release to pH-responsive drug delivery.

Piyush Gupta, +2 more
- 15 May 2002 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 10, pp 569-579
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This review highlights the use of hydrogels (a class of polymeric systems) in controlled drug delivery, and their application in stimuli- responsive, especially pH-responsive, drug release.
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This article is published in Drug Discovery Today.The article was published on 2002-05-15. It has received 1593 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drug carrier & Controlled release.

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Stimuli-reponsive polymers and their bioconjugates

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on temperature and pH responsive polymer systems and additionally the other stimuli-based responsive polymers will be assessed, which is more helpful to design new approaches because the basic concepts and mechanisms are systematically connected.
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Biomedical applications of hydrogels: A review of patents and commercial products

TL;DR: From Wichterle’s pioneering work to the most recent hydrogel-based inventions and products on the market, it provides the reader with a detailed introduction to the topic and perspective on further potential developments.
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Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery

TL;DR: 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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Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs): Development, surface modification and applications in chemotherapy

TL;DR: This review covers recent advances in the development of SPions together with their possibilities and limitations from fabrication to application in drug delivery and the state-of-the-art synthetic routes and surface modification of desired SPIONs for drug delivery purposes.
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Biopolymer-based hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering applications: a review

TL;DR: The most relevant biopolymer-based hydrogel systems, the different methods of preparation, as well as an in depth overview of the applications in the field of tissue engineering will be given.
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Hydrogels for biomedical applications.

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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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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