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Getting Drugs Across Biological Barriers.

Rong Yang1, Tuo Wei1, Hannah Goldberg1

  • 1Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|July 29, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Crossing biological barriers is key for effective drug delivery. This review covers strategies, focusing on transdermal drug delivery, to overcome these obstacles for better clinical outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Pharmacology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Drug Delivery Systems

Background:

  • Drug delivery to target sites is often hindered by biological barriers.
  • The nature of these barriers varies significantly based on tissue and drug properties.
  • Overcoming these impediments is crucial for therapeutic efficacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an overview of methods for crossing biological barriers.
  • To highlight strategies for transdermal drug delivery.
  • To discuss the potential clinical impact of advancements in barrier crossing technologies.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of existing approaches for biological barrier penetration.
  • Focus on transdermal drug delivery technologies and methodologies.
Keywords:
biological barriersdrug deliverytransdermal transport

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  • Analysis of factors influencing drug flux across different tissues.

    • Main Results:

    • Biological barriers present significant challenges to drug delivery.
    • Various techniques exist to facilitate drug transport across these barriers.
    • Transdermal drug delivery offers a promising route for systemic drug administration.

    Conclusions:

    • Understanding and overcoming biological barriers is essential for advancing drug delivery.
    • Innovations in transdermal drug delivery hold significant clinical potential.
    • Further research into organ-specific barrier strategies could lead to major clinical impacts.