Ocular Nanotechnology
Winner
Excellent Communications Design
Editorial
Details
Nanoparticles are the most common nanocarriers for ocular therapeutics due to their biocompatibility and their capacity to be loaded with drugs and gene therapies by chemical attachment, embedment, or encapsulation in the nanocarrier. Highlighting four types of nanotechnology-based ocular drug delivery systems delivering their payloads to the back of the eye show, clockwise starting at noon: nanopolymer, nanoemulsion, nanomicelle, and liposome.
The Jury‘s Statement
The CGI illustration made for the cover of the medical journal EyeNet shows the complex aesthetics of nanoparticles and nanocarriers, which seem like entities from another world not only because of their fascinating variety of colours and shapes, but also because of the environment in which they move.
