Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs for Kidney Disease
December 4, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Kidney tissue naturally filters out foreign substances which is why drug delivery is so problematic. In animal studies, however, biomedical engineers at USC designed amino acid micelles (nanoparticles in a colloidal solution) that can pass through the kidneys’ main filter and remain in place until they biodegrade. Of course, the therapeutic molecules this method convey also have to be very small in size. But this could be a breakthrough for the one-third of Americans who face kidney disease at some time in their lives. MORE
Image Credit: USC Viterbi School of Engineering