Click-engineered, bioresponsive, drug-loaded PEG spheres.

Yap, Heng Pho; Johnston, Angus P R; Such, Georgina K; Yan, Yan; Caruso, Frank · Adv Mater · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A click-chemistry approach to synthesize bioresponsive poly(ethylene glycol acrylate) particles is described. The particles are loaded with a model anticancer drug (doxorubicin, DOX), and undergo simultaneous particle deconstruction and DOX release upon specific activation by the simulated environment of the cellular cytoplasm.