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SUBMITTER: Palmer BC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5639878 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Palmer Brian C BC DeLouise Lisa A LA
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20161215 12
Transdermal drug delivery systems have been around for decades, and current technologies (e.g., patches, ointments, and creams) enhance the skin permeation of low molecular weight, lipophilic drugs that are efficacious at low doses. The objective of current transdermal drug delivery research is to discover ways to enhance skin penetration of larger, hydrophilic drugs and macromolecules for disease treatment and vaccination. Nanocarriers made of lipids, metals, or polymers have been successfully ...[more]