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By: MJ Alonso Lab
25th Anniversary of the Spanish-Portuguese Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society
November 15, 2019Great participation! More than 120 presentations (Oral communications and posters) and close to 40 invited speakers. More than 200 attendees expected. Do not miss the 25th Anniversary of the SPLC-CRS! https://www.splc-crs.org/meeting-2020
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Our latest paper, published in Nanomedicine: “Design of polymeric nanocapsules to improve their lympho-targeting capacity”
November 11, 2019We describe how the physicochemical properties of polymeric nanocapsules have a tremendous impact in their capacity to disseminate and accumulate in the different subpopulations of immune cells in the lymph nodes.
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Our latest work published in “Journal of Controlled Release”
July 30, 2019The harsh environment of the gastrointestinal tract along with the complex structure of macromolecules restrains the administration of biological drugs to the parenteral route. Hence, drug delivery technologies play a crucial role to enable their oral administration. In this paper, we review the current scenario and identify key strategies for the future advancement in the field.
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The Scientific Society chaired by Professor María José Alonso brings together more than 1,200 experts in the development of technologies for the controlled release of drugs
July 23, 2019Professionals from all over the world from different sectors present in Valencia the scientific and technological advances in controlled drug release, diagnostic strategies, as well as the latest more accurate and safer treatments for patients.
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Our latest work “Oral Delivery of Biologics for Precision Medicine”, published in Advanced Materials
June 25, 2019The harsh environment of the gastrointestinal tract along with the complex structure of macromolecules restrains the administration of biological drugs to the parenteral route. Hence, drug delivery technologies play a crucial role to enable their oral administration. In this paper, we review the current scenario and identify key strategies for the future advancement in the field.
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Our new paper, published in ACS Nano: “Polysaccharide Nanoparticles Can Efficiently Modulate the Immune Response against an HIV Peptide Antigen”
June 21, 2019Do you want to learn more details about our research? Just check out the VIDEO where our colleague Tamara Dacoba explains the key aspects of this publication!
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With MEFISTO against knee osteoarthrosis
June 10, 2019The EU project MEFISTO (‘Meniscal functionalised scaffold to prevent knee Osteoarthritis onset after meniscectomy‘), which has just been launched, aims to take advantage of novel approaches and sets itself the clear goal to successfully counteract the epidemic of post-meniscectomy knee osteoarthritis
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María José Alonso, new Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Drug Delivery and Translational Research Journal’
May 29, 2019María José Alonso, Professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and current President of the Controlled Release Society (CRS, Inc) is the new Editor-in-Chief of ‘Drug Delivery and Translational Research’ (DDTR), an Official Journal of the Controlled Release Society published by Springer Nature.
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The University of Santiago de Compostela awards the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Professor Nicholas A. Peppas
May 8, 2019The USC joins other ten academic institutions that have recognized with this honor the career of this eminent scientist, Director of the Institute of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine of the University of Texas at Austin.
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María José Alonso, the Spanish woman whose scientific publications have the greatest impact on research
March 12, 2019Professor Alonso is number one in the h-index ranking of Spanish female researchers in the area of Health Sciences. The h-index is an indicator of the impact of research publications. Alonso also leads the h-index ranking of male/female Spanish researchers in the specific area of Pharmacology and Pharmacy.
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