Functionalized silk spheres selectively and effectively deliver a cytotoxic drug to targeted cancer cells in vivo.

Anna FlorczakTomasz DeptuchAnna LewandowskaKarolina PendereckaElzbieta KramerAndrzej MarszalekAndrzej MackiewiczHanna Dams-Kozlowska

Published in: Journal of nanobiotechnology (2020)

Our results indicated that functionalized silk spheres that enable cell-specific recognition, cellular internalization, and drug release represent an efficient strategy for cancer treatment in vivo.

Keyphrases

drug release
drug delivery
quantum dots
tissue engineering
wound healing
cancer therapy
single cell
molecularly imprinted
cell therapy
emergency department
mass spectrometry
drug induced
tandem mass spectrometry