Smart, programmable and responsive injectable hydrogels for controlled release of cargo osteoporosis drugs

Abstract Easy-to-prepare drug delivery systems, based on smart, silica gels have been synthesized, characterized, and studied as hosts in the controlled release of bisphosphonates. They exhibit variable release rates and final % release, depending on the nature of bisphosphonate (side-chain length,...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos E. Papathanasiou, Petri Turhanen, Stephan I. Brückner, Eike Brunner, Konstantinos D. Demadis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04956-3