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Multifaceted Applications of Chitosan in Cancer Drug Delivery and Therapy
Anish Babu1,2, Rajagopal Ramesh3,4,5
1Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. anish-babu@ouhsc.edu.
Abstract:
Chitosan is a versatile polysaccharide of biological origin. Due to the biocompatible and biodegradable nature of chitosan, it is intensively utilized in biomedical applications in scaffold engineering as an absorption enhancer, and for bioactive and controlled drug release. In cancer therapy, chitosan has multifaceted applications, such as assisting in gene delivery and chemotherapeutic delivery, and as an immunoadjuvant for vaccines. The present review highlights the recent applications of chitosan and chitosan derivatives in cancer therapy.
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