title: Nanocarriers: promising vehicle for bioactive drugs.
abstract: Development of new delivery systems that deliver the potential drug specifically to the target site in order to meet the therapeutic needs of the patients at the required time and level remains the key challenge in the field of pharmaceutical biotechnology. Developments in this context to achieve desired goal has led to the evolution of the multidisciplinary field nanobiotechnology which involves the combination of two most promising technologies of 21st century--biotechnology and nanotechnology. Nanobiotechnology encompasses a wide array of different techniques to improve the delivery of biotech drugs, and nanoparticles offer the most suitable form whose properties can be tailored by chemical methods. This review highlights the different types of nanoparticulate delivery systems employed for biotech drugs in the field of molecular medicine with a short overlook at its applications and the probable associated drawbacks.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacy, Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India.
authors.forename: Manju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rawat
authors.forename: Deependra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saraf
authors.forename: Swarnlata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saraf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008823:Micelles; D049329:Nanostructures; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles