Exploiting Specific Interactions
toward Next-Generation
Polymeric Drug Transporters
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Abstract
A generic method describes advanced tailoring of polymer
drug carriers
based on polymer<i>-block-</i>peptides. Combinatorial means
are used to select suitable peptide segments to specifically complex
small-molecule drugs. The resulting specific drug formulation agents
render insoluble drugs water-soluble and enable precise adjustment
of drug-release profiles beyond established block-copolymer carriers.
While proof of principle is shown on chlorin as a partially approved
drug for photodynamic cancer therapy, the concept is universal and
applies to a broad spectrum of difficult drugs