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Nature Materials 7, 172 - 174 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nmat2130

Polymer therapeutics: Reservoir drugs

Lori Setton1

  1. Lori Setton is in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Surgery, Duke University, 136 Hudson Hall, Box 90281, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
    e-mail: setton@duke.edu


Peptide-functionalized polymer nanoparticles target and bind to articular cartilage tissue, making them promising drug-delivery vehicles.

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