Sustained release from a metal - Analgesics entrapped within biocidal silver

Abstract Matrices for sustained release of drugs have been based on polymers, biomaterials and oxides. The use of the major family of metals as matrices for sustained release is, to the best of our knowledge, unknown. In this context we describe a new family of bio-composites for sustained release o...

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Main Authors: Barak Menagen, Rami Pedahzur, David Avnir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03195-w