Biomaterials

Biomaterials in Delivery Systems

Biomaterials plays an active role in delivery systems exclusively in drug delivery. Numerous kinds of drug delivery systems, surgical implants, wound closure devices, artificial organs are usually reliant on on biomaterials. Biomaterials help in gene delivery that in due course make transgene expression and tissue growth along with regeneration of tissues. Immunomodulation i.e., modulating or altering several features of immune system, the power and competence of regenerative medicine therapies can be enlarged. At present, hydrogels are termed as the smart drug delivery system, that are often used as sustained drug release systems, which has importance in the healing of cancer. Extracellular media or vesicles are used for the macromolecular drug delivery. Biomaterials can also be used for islet delivery, for imaging, etc.