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SUBMITTER: Evangelopoulos M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957529 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Evangelopoulos Michael M Yazdi Iman K IK Acciardo Stefania S Palomba Roberto R Giordano Federica F Pasto Anna A Sushnitha Manuela M Martinez Jonathan O JO Basu Nupur N Torres Armando A Hmaidan Sarah S Parodi Alessandro A Tasciotti Ennio E
Scientific reports 20200113 1
Despite recent advances in drug delivery, the targeted treatment of unhealthy cells or tissues continues to remain a priority. In cancer (much like other pathologies), delivery vectors are designed to exploit physical and biological features of unhealthy tissues that are not always homogenous across the disease. In some cases, shifting the target from unhealthy tissues to the whole organ can represent an advantage. Specifically, the natural organ-specific retention of nanotherapeutics following ...[more]