Drug delivery to bone using phosphonate as the bone-targeting substance

• Main Author: Tang, Kang Min.
• Other Authors: Loo Say Chye Joachim
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40425
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report presents a study on the use of phosphonates, as the bone-targeting substance in drug delivery systems. The purpose is to do a surface modification of calcium phosphate-based drug carriers with the bone targeting substance, forming a targeted drug delivery system. In this study, monophosp...