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Review
. 2012 Jun 15;64(9):811-25.
doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.01.005. Epub 2012 Jan 20.

Virus-based nanocarriers for drug delivery

Yujie Ma  1 , Roeland J M Nolte, Jeroen J L M Cornelissen
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Review

Virus-based nanocarriers for drug delivery

Yujie Ma et al. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. .

Abstract

New nanocarrier platforms based on natural biological building blocks offer great promises in revolutionalizing medicine. The usage of specific protein cage structures: virus-like particles (VLPs) for drug packaging and targetted delivery is summarized here. Versatile chemical and genetic modifications on the outer surfaces and inner cavities of VLPs facilitate the preparation of new materials that could meet the biocompatibility, solubility and high uptake efficiency requirements for drug delivery. A full evaluation on the toxicity, bio-distribution and immunology of these materials are envisaged to boost their application potentials.

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