| Literature DB >> 29155026 |
Ajeet Kaushik1, Rahul Dev Jayant1, Vinay Bhardwaj2, Madhavan Nair3.
Abstract
Central nervous system (CNS) diseases are rapidly increasing globally. Currently used therapeutic agents to treat CNS diseases exhibit significant efficacy. However, the inability of these drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and invasiveness of the technologies to achieve localized drug delivery in disease-specific parts of the brain have thwarted pain-free and complete treatment of CNS diseases. Therefore, the safe, non-invasive, and targeted delivery of drugs to the brain using nanoparticles (NPs) is currently receiving considerable research attention. Here, we highlight advances in state-of-the-art personalized nanomedicine for the treatment of CNS diseases (with a focus on dementia), the related challenges, possible solutions, and prospects for nano-enabled personalized medicine.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29155026 PMCID: PMC6897362 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.11.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drug Discov Today ISSN: 1359-6446 Impact factor: 7.851