Giada Rosso
Targeted Nanoparticles for synergistic drug delivery to Multiple Myeloma.
Rel. Valentina Alice Cauda. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Biomedical Engineering, 2021
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Abstract
In the latest years, nanomedicine has gained immense attention, providing promising and innovative therapeutic strategies. This is particularly true for nanosystems employed in cancer treatment, by virtue of the small size of devices and their easily tunable physical and morphological properties, which allow effective interactions at a molecular level with cells. In the present Master Thesis, the purpose is to develop a biomimetic protocell, namely a drug-loaded nanosystem which, thanks to its surface functionalization, is capable to selectively address, be internalized and kill cancer cells, avoiding the typical side-effects associated with conventional therapies. The nanoconstructs are specifically designed to target Multiple Myeloma (MM).
In particular, they were designed with a Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle (MSN) core, which is covered with a self-assembled lipidic double layer (shell), necessary to enhance biostability and functionalization
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