Injectable hydrogels as matrix to retain microparticles for controlled delivery of anti-VEGF proteins for ocular applications

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Chong, Wei Woon
• مؤلفون آخرون: Subramanian Venkatraman
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2017
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70120

Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or diabetic macular edema (DME) are potentially retinal diseases and they are treated by monthly or bimonthly intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents such as aflibercept (Eylea®) and ranibizumab (Lucentis®). Because...