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Biodegradable Long-Circulating Polymeric Nanospheres

Gref, Ruxandra, Minamitake, Yoshiharu, Peracchia, Maria Teresa, Trubetskoy, Vladimir, Torchilin, Vladimir, Langer, Robert·1994·Science

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Injectable nanoparticulate carriers have important potential applications such as site-specific drug delivery or medical imaging. Conventional carriers, however, cannot generally be used because they are eliminated by the reticulo-endothelial system within seconds or minutes after intravenous injection. To address these limitations, monodisperse biodegradable nanospheres were developed from amphiphilic copolymers composed of two biocompatible blocks. The nanospheres exhibited dramatically increased blood circulation times and reduced liver accumulation in mice. Furthermore, they entrapped up to 45 percent by weight of the drug in the dense core in a one-step procedure and could be freeze-dried and easily redispersed without additives in aqueous solutions.

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Authors
Gref, R., Minamitake, Y., Peracchia, M. T., Trubetskoy, V., Torchilin, V., & Langer, R.
Venue
Science
Published
1994-03-18
Volume
263
Issue
5153
Pages
1600-1603
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
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W2029749273
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2,920
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27.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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