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Sonosensitive Cavitation Nuclei-A Customisable Platform Technology for Enhanced Therapeutic Delivery.

ABSTRACT: Ultrasound-mediated cavitation shows great promise for improving targeted drug delivery across a range of clinical applications. Cavitation nuclei-sound-sensitive constructs that enhance cavitation activity at lower pressures-have become a powerful adjuvant to ultrasound-based treatments, and more recently emerged as a drug delivery vehicle in their own right. The unique combination of physical, biological, and chemical effects that occur around these structures, as well as their varied compositions and morphologies, make cavitation nuclei an attractive platform for creating delivery systems tuned to particular therapeutics. In this review, we describe the structure and function of cavitation nuclei, approaches to their functionalization and customization, various clinical applications, progress toward real-world translation, and future directions for the field.

SUBMITTER: Lyons B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10708135 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sonosensitive Cavitation Nuclei-A Customisable Platform Technology for Enhanced Therapeutic Delivery.

Lyons Brian B Balkaran Joel P R JPR Dunn-Lawless Darcy D Lucian Veronica V Keller Sara B SB O'Reilly Colm S CS Hu Luna L Rubasingham Jeffrey J Nair Malavika M Carlisle Robert R Stride Eleanor E Gray Michael M Coussios Constantin C

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20231123 23

Ultrasound-mediated cavitation shows great promise for improving targeted drug delivery across a range of clinical applications. Cavitation nuclei-sound-sensitive constructs that enhance cavitation activity at lower pressures-have become a powerful adjuvant to ultrasound-based treatments, and more recently emerged as a drug delivery vehicle in their own right. The unique combination of physical, biological, and chemical effects that occur around these structures, as well as their varied composit ...[more]

PMID: 38067464

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Sonosensitive Cavitation Nuclei-A Customisable Platform Technology for Enhanced Therapeutic Delivery.

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