Red blood cell (RBC) hitchhiking is a method of drug delivery that can increase drug
concentration in target organs by orders of magnitude. In RBC hitchhiking, drug-loaded …

Drug delivery research pursues many types of carriers including proteins and other
macromolecules, natural and synthetic polymeric structures, nanocarriers of diverse …

Here, ferric oxide-loaded metal–organic framework (FeTCPP/Fe2O3 MOF) nanorice was
designed and constructed by the liquid diffusion method. The introduction of iron metal …

Cell-based therapy is a promising modality to address many unmet medical needs. In
addition to genetic engineering, material-based, biochemical, and physical science-based …

Red blood cells (RBCs), the “innate carriers” in blood vessels, are gifted with many unique
advantages in drug transportation over synthetic drug delivery systems (DDSs). Herein, a …

The therapeutic efficacy of fluorescence image-guided tumor surgery and photodynamic
therapy (PDT) is impaired by the penetration depth limitation, low signal-to-noise ratio of …

The field of drug delivery has grown tremendously in the past few decades by developing a
wide range of advanced drug delivery systems. An interesting category is cell-based drug …

Blood cells, including erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets are used as drug carriers in a
wide range of applications. They have many unique advantages such as long life-span in …

Current treatment strategies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) seek to alleviate the
undesirable symptoms of the disorder. Despite the higher specificity of newer generation …

Nanoscale porphyrinic metal− organic frameworks have emerged as promising therapeutic
system for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer in recent years. Nevertheless, their low …