Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery

Polymer Nanoparticles for Nano medicines

The use of nano scale materials and processes to address human disease is perhaps the most promising, considering that most complex downstream symptoms of disease are initiated by molecular level phenomena. Nano medicine is defined as biological and medical intervention at the nano meter scale for the treatment, diagnosis, and increased understanding of biology and disease.Tremendous advances in the area of polymer synthesis and self-assembly have given rise to a new toolbox of engineered nano sized delivery and diagnostic agents that permit systemic and local administration, circulation in the bloodstream, and uptake and diffusion at the cellular and subcellular level.