Dendrimers as Drug Nanocarriers: The Future of Gene Therapy and Targeted Therapies in Cancer

Abstract

Synthetic polymers, such as dendrimers, play a critical role in pharmaceutical discovery and development. Advances in the application of nanotechnology in medicine have given rise to multifunctional " smart " nanocarriers that can deliver one or more therapeutic agents safely and selectively to cancer cells, including intracellular gene-speciic target-ing. Dendrimers with their 3D nanopolymeric architectures are highly atractive class of