BioMedical Polymer Lab

Drug delivery system is a powerful technology to increase the efficacy of drugs and reduce the side effects by loading the drug in the specific carriers and accumulating them at specific area. Our group has developed various carriers such as polymeric nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, and polymeric micelles, etc. In addition, various functionalities has been introduced to the carrier; for instance, carriers can release cargos in response to light, reactive oxygen species, pH, intracellular reducing environment, or generate reactive oxygen species and heat by irradiation of light or ultrasound. To transport the synthesized carriers to specific tissues more efficiently, targeting ligandsincluding antibodies, aptamers and peptides can be introduced on the surface of the carriers. Our smart drug delivery carriers show higher efficacy than conventional drugs in the treatment of various incurable diseases, and our final goal is conquest of various diseases.