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The University of Murcia and the Murcian Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Development (imide) develop research aimed at obtaining silk nanoparticles for biomedical applications.
Researchers from both institutions use the unique properties of silk fibroin for a variety of applications in nanomedicine, as nanoparticles for slow and controlled release of drugs.
Thus, the therapeutic role of drugs is improved and a reduction in the required dose and adverse reactions of these is achieved.
The small size of these nanoparticles also provides the ability to effectively carry any drug to the target area, that part of the body where it should be exactly the treatment, minimizing side effects.
This would allow to design more effective treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases character: arthritis, osteoarthritis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, colitis or conjunctivitis.
As part of this collaboration, led by the University of Murcia Professor Gloria Víllora, it has developed a procedure for obtaining silk fibroin nanoparticles by employing the combination of ionic liquids and ultrasound.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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