Breakthrough antimalarial drug delivery system using mesoporous silica nanoparticles

(Kumamoto University) Drug delivery systems (DDSs) are important methods of delivering medicine to affected areas. An international collaborative research group based in Kumamoto University, Japan has successfully developed the world's first DDS for antimalarial drugs. The treatment has increased efficiency up to 240 times as much as when antimalarial medicine is taken orally.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news