Drugs for inhalation are no longer exclusively highly crystalline small molecules. They may
also be amorphous small molecules, peptides, antibodies, and myriad types of engineered …

Liposome is the promising nanocarrier for pulmonary drug delivery and surface charge is its
basic property. However, there is a lack of knowledge about relationship between the …

Heparin is well known for its anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory properties. Inhaled heparin
regimens are increasingly being used to manage lung disease. It has been used to treat …

A growing list of diverse biological systems and their equally diverse functionalities provides
realizations of a paradigm of emergent behavior. In each of these biological systems …

A significant number of research articles have focused on pulmonary delivery as an
alternative administration route owing to no first-pass metabolism, low protease activity, thin …

The human body is a composite of diverse materials able to perform specific functions. Few
of these materials are simple liquids or solids; rather they share both liquid-like and solid …

Targeted delivery of drugs directly to the lung epithelium is a promising, though challenging,
strategy for the treatment of diseases that affect the lung tissues, such as infections caused …

Barriers to effective pulmonary drug delivery are inherent to the lung physiology and present
a challenge when attempting to bypass the natural defenses against inhaled particles …