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Nanotechnology Flashcards

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What is an advantage of a novel delivery system?

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Target the drug to the diseased area, lower the side effects and enhance the efficacy

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What cancer therapies have been succesfully formualted using nanomaterials/

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Paclitaxel, Doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil. dexamethasone

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What are the common bases of nanotech?

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PLGA and PLA

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What is the difference between passive targeting and active targeting?

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Passive: Tendency of unmodified delvier ysstem to gather in specific tissues

Active: utlilizes a ligand on the surface of the novel deliver system

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What are the 6 drug delivery carriers?

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Micelles, Vesicles, Multifunctional dendritic polymers, nanospheres, nanocapsules, liquid crystals

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What is the approxiamte size of a liposome?

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100nm

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What are the classes of polymer therapeutics?

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What are the classes of lipid based delivery systems/

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What are the polymer drug/protein conjugates?

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What are polyplexes?

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What are dendrimers?

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3 components which include initiator core
Interior layers composed of repeating units attached to interior core
Exterior attached to the outermost interior layers

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What is a micelle?

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Self assembly of amphiphilic polymers or surfactants

CMC*

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What is the CMC point we attempt to reach?

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What is a SLN?

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Solid lipid nanoparticle
Size 50-1000nm
Matrix is solid lipids or mixtures of lipids

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Review the next slide about the different types of SLN

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15
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What are nanoemulsion?

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Lipid monolayer enclosing a liquid lipid core ***Liquid is key

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How do you form nanoemulsions or SLN?

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High pressure homogenization

17
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What are liposomes?

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These have 2 layers like a cell where the core ncloses water or aqueous soln

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What are nanocapsules?

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What are nanospheres?

20
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What are polymeric nanoparticles?

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Solid, colloidal particles consisting of artificial or natural polymers where the drug is dissolved entrapped in a encapsulated polymer

21
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What is a key characteristic of a polymer?

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Must be biocompatible and degredable and nontoxic

22
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What is PLGA?

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Both biocompatible and biodegradable

23
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What is the global market of nanoparticles?

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83.4 billion in 202 to 123.6 billion in 2025

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