Nanotechnology has proven such delivery systems. Magnetic nanoparticles has been used as carrier to target viral nucleic acid. I would suggest you too look into this research, you may find something innovative.
Nanotechnology has proven such delivery systems. Magnetic nanoparticles has been used as carrier to target viral nucleic acid. I would suggest you too look into this research, you may find something innovative.
Working backwards on a problem can sometimes reveal a solution. In drug delivery research, this means starting with a delivery method that has a known target, which may be whole organs (heart, lung, brain), tissue types (muscle, nerve), disease-specific structures (tumor cells), or structures inside of cells.
NIBIB-funded researchers developed a plant virus nanoparticle that can target and attach itself to prostate cancer cells. When labeled with fluorescent dyes, the viral nanoparticles can show researchers whether cancer cells have spread into bone at earlier stages of the disease than with traditional bone scans.
Made from modified viruses, viral nanoparticles take advantage of the natural ways that viruses have developed to slip past immune defenses and enter cells. This means they do not need to be modified as much as other types of nanoparticles to behave in desired ways, and their actions within the human body are well understood. Plant-based viral nanoparticles are also biodegradable, harmless to humans, easy to use, and cheap to produce.
Further research aims to develop viral nanoparticles that can deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to tumors. Such an advance would reduce the severe side effects usually associated with cancer treatment.