Zymosan biocapsules as carriers of anticancer drugs

ISBN-13: 9783330019270 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 92 str.

Aleksandra Skowron; Anita Kosmider; Maciej Mazur

Opis

Cancer treatment is currently one of the central problems of medicine, accounting for more than ten percent of all deaths worldwide. The treatment of cancer is typically difficult, and therapies are associated with severe side effects. To diminish these effects one of the approaches is to encapsulate the drug molecules within polymeric carriers. The current book discusses the application of modified zymosan particles as potential carriers of doxorubicin, which is an effective but very harmful anticancer drug.

O autorze

Aleksandra Skowron graduated from the Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw in 2016. Her research interests include design of drug nanocarriers, medicinal chemistry and materials science.