Module 3: Smart drug delivery materials 

Encapsulation of active agents and medicaments in microscopic containers, their functionalization of their surface enables the human body to transfer them to the appropriate site and, finally, to release the agent controlled by an external signal.


Conditional triggered drug release from nanocontainers
Prof. Katharina M. Fromm, Prof. Christian Bochet

Smart in-vivo drug delivery
Prof. Heinrich Hofmann, Prof. Alke Fink-Petri, Dr. Xavier Montet, Prof. Horst Vogel

Intelligent synthetic nanosize organelles for cancer therapy
Prof. Patrick Hunziker, Dr. Kurt Bättig, Prof. Daniel Constam, Dr. Beat Keller, Prof. Wolfgang Meier

Self-heating hydrogel for mechanically-controlled drug release
Prof. Dominique Pioletti, Prof. Harm-Anton Klok

Nanofibres for intelligent drug delivery
Dr. Ana-Maria Popa, Dr. Daniel Crespy, Dr. Giuseppino Fortunato, Dr. Marco Lattuada

Nanocontainers for local drug delivery to open heart vessels in case of heart attack
Dr. Till Saxer, Prof. Bert Müller, Dr. Andreas Zumbühl

Blood sugar measurement through the skin

Prof. Martin Wolf, Dr. René Rossi, Prof. Hans Ulrich Buchen, Dr. Lukas Scherer, Dr. Evren Aslan-Gürel

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