Chronic eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are major contributors to vision loss in the elderly population. Although there are several drugs to manage these pathologies, however there are still unsolved problems related to their administration: i) the time the active molecule remains in the eye, ii) its delivery to the site of action.
The success of any topical ophthalmic therapy depends on good corneal penetration and retention at the site of action; nowadays these are hot topics in the search of improve drugs delivery and effectiveness. In this context, this project is aimed to achieve new platforms based on nanoparticles, and in situ gelling systems to study the stability and effectiveness of natural products on ocular diseases
Design of new systems for oculad drug delivery of bioactive natural products
Abstract
Keywords
drug delivery
lipid nanocarriers
nanoparticles
natural products
polymers
ERC sector(s)
LS Life Sciences
Fields of study
Name supervisor
Nunzio Cardullo
E-mail
ncardullo@unict.it
Name of Department/Faculty/School
Chemical Sciences
Name of the host University
University of Catania (UNICT)
EUNICE partner e-mail of destination Research
eunice@unict.it
Country
Italy
Thesis level
Master
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English B2
Thesis mode
On-site
Length of the research internship
6 months
Financial support available (other than E+)
No