A new drug delivery strategy for precise local therapy against colorectal cancer (IMAGE)

Pusan National University

A new drug delivery strategy for precise local therapy against colorectal cancer

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Researchers from Pusan National University develop a new strategy for selective local therapy against colorectal cancer. They used a pH-sensitive alginate matrix to shield the drug from exposure to gastric juices. Alginate undergoes a sol-gel-sol transition enabling the release of drugs only at the colorectum, limiting drug loss, ensuring precise drug delivery, and enhancing the therapeutic efficiency of colorectal cancer treatment.

 

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Professor Jin-Wook Yoo from Pusan National University, Republic of Korea

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