Eleonora Molinari
Development of Biodegradable Drug-Eluting Device for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Immunotherapy.
Rel. Danilo Demarchi, Alessandro Grattoni. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2025
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The systemic administration of immunotherapy faces significant limitations, including inadequate anti-tumor immune responses and undesirable side effects. To overcome these challenges, localized drug delivery platforms have emerged as a promising strategy to enhance therapeutic efficacy by increasing direct tumor exposure to immunotherapeutic agents while minimizing off-target toxicity. This study presents the design, fabrication, and functional evaluation of a biodegradable Nanofluidic Drug Eluting Seed (bNDES)—a polymer-based intratumoral drug delivery system. The bNDES is composed of FDA-approved biodegradable polymers, Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and Poly(D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA), forming a nanofibrous scaffold tailored for intratumoral therapeutic interventions. The fabrication process resulted in microporous and nanofibrous implants with minimal defects and bead formation.
Additionally, a surface modification technique using acetone vaporization enabled tunable drug release kinetics
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