The role of cells and their products in respiratory drug delivery: the past, present, and future.
Claire H MastersonSean D McCarthyDaniel O'TooleJohn Gerard LaffeyPublished in: Expert opinion on drug delivery (2020)
The use of biological carriers to deliver chemical or biological agents demonstrates great potential in modern medicine. The next generation of drug delivery systems may comprise 'cell-inspired' drug carriers that are entirely synthetic, developed using insights from cell-based therapeutics to overcome limitations of current generation synthetic carriers.