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The big challenge in the field of medical innovations is so tiny that it is not noticeable with the naked eye. Nanotechnology – a promising and trendsetting technology. For example, with the help of drug-delivery-systems drugs can be transported to an exactly defined part within the body.
Chitosan also produces nanoparticles.
drug delivery, chitosan, nanoparticles, implants, drug targeting
Der Sommer neigt sich zum Ende – das heißt aber nicht, dass die News rund um Chitosan nicht heiß sind. Hier der Review der Chitosan Veröffentlichungen im August. 97 wissenschaftliche Artikel wurden veröffentlicht, in denen mit Chitosan gearbeitet wurde. Im Int J Biol Macromol wurden 8 Artikel veröffentlicht. Die Top drei Nationen bezogen auf die Anzahl der Artikel sind China, USA und Indien, gefolgt von Portugal auf Platz 4.
drug delivery, chitosan, nanoparticles, Pharmaceutical compositions
In July several outstanding articles about chitosan had been published around the world. All in all 122 articles were released in 67 different journals. With regard to the number of publications the leading countries are China (31), the USA (20) and South Korea (10).
chitosan, nanoparticles, wound treatment, wound dressing, tissue engineering, abstracts, hemostatic
Youngnam Cho and Richard Borgens of the Purdue University in West Lafayette, USA found, what researchers were looking for since many years: a medium to medicate damaged nerve cells in the spinal cord. Chitosan is the new white hope in research and for concerned persons.