Tailored Polymeric Materials for Controlled Delivery Systems

Content: Intravitreal treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis and the need for controlled release systems / Marc Shalaby and Shalaby W. Shalaby --
Key features and future perspectives in the development of intravaginal drug delivery systems / Waleed S.W. Shalaby and Shalaby W. Shalaby --
Cationic hydrogels for controlled release of proteins and other macromolecules / Lisa M. Schwarte, Kairali Podual, and Nicholas A. Peppas --
Water-soluble polyanions as oral drug carriers : poly(sulfopropyl methacrylate potassium-co-alkyl methacrylate) / Yvonne N. Nujoma, Cherng-ju Kim, and Rey T. Chern --
Polymeric prodrugs : novel polymers with bioactive components / Laura Erdmann, Cheryl Campo, Christi Bedell, and Kathryn Uhrich --
Synthesis of thioester end-functionalized poly([epsilon]-caprolactone) and its application in chemoselective ligation / Qiang Ni and Luping Yu --
The reactive polymeric micelle, convenient tool for targeting drug delivery system / Yukio Nagasaki and Kazunori Kataoka --
Branched polymeric micelles : synthesis and encapsulation / S. Anna Jiang, Hongbo Liu, and Kathryn E. Uhrich --
Injectable absorbable gel-formers for the controlled release of bioactive agents-drugs / Shalaby W. Shalaby --
Novel ionogenic acrylate copolymer networks for sustained solute delivery / Robert A. Scott and Nicholas A. Peppas --
Direct synthesis of polyester microspheres, potential carriers of bioactive compounds / S. Slomkowski, S. Sosnowski, M. Gadzinowski, C. Pichot, and A. Elaissari --
Novel bioadhesive complexation networks for oral protein drug delivery / A.M. Lowman, Nicholas A. Peppas, M. Morishita, and T. Nagai --
Shell cross-linked knedels : amphiphilic core-shell nanospheres with unique potential for controlled release applications / K. Bruce Thurmond, II and Karen L. Wooley --
Multilayered semicrystalline polymeric controlled release systems / Surya K. Mallapragada and Shook-Fong Chin --
Electroconductive gels for controlled electrorelease of bioactive peptides / Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Ann M. Wilson, and Andrew S. Sujdak --
Thermally triggered gelation of alginate for controlled release / H. Cui and P.B. Messersmith --
Effect of surfactants on the release of griseofulvin from polyvinylpyrrolidone dispersions / Hanife Akin, Jeorge Heller, and Frank W. Harris --
Self-diffusion of solvents and solute probes in polymer solutions and gels : the use of a new physical model of diffusion / X.X. Zhu, L. Masaro, J.-M. Petit, B. Roux, and P.M. Macdonald --
Biodegradation of lactic-glycolic acid oligomers / Nuo Wang, Jin Song Qiu, and Xue Shen Wu --
Lactic-glycolic acid oligomeric microgranules for aspirin delivery and stabilization / Nuo Wang and Xue Shen Wu --
Antitumor drug delivery by dextran derivatives immobilizing platinum complex (II) through coordination bond / Yuichi Ohya, Tatsunori Masunaga, Tatsuro Ouchi, Katsuro Ichinose, Mikirou Nakashima, Masataka Ichikawa, and Takashi Kanematsu --
Potential role of controlled drug delivery in tissue engineering / K.J.L. Burg and S.W. Shalaby --
Direct measurement of multiphase flow using controlled release of polymers soluble in single phase / Roman Bielski and Dorsey Montenecourt --
Structural characterization and effects of gibberellic acid-containing organotin polymers on sawgrass and cattail germination and seedling growth for Everglades restoration / Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Anupam Gaonkar, Herbert H. Stewart, Shi Li Miao, and Shawn M. Carraher.