Investigating
about this theme I found interesting information that is connected with my
career, pharmacy. The nanotechnology applied to the drugs administration.
Thanks to the science, a new possibility in the way we administrated drugs using
the nanotechnology had emerged like a system of the liberation of the active principle.
The nanoparticles are solid particles; they are used
like drugs administrated agents, with this accomplished an increased the dissolution rate and the saturation
limit of solubility.
Another
application that call my attention was the nanotechnology in the therapy
against cancer because some of the little transports (liposomes, micelles) are
used for the preparation of new formulas that make the bioavailability gets
better for all this cancer treatments’ and make the drugs’ distribution against
cancer where the tumor is get better too.
The liposomes are
spherical structures that have one or more layers. The liposomes are used to
improve the therapeutic effect of very potent drugs. This distribution system
reduces the toxicity.
Talking about an important instrument in this little world, scanning tunneling microscope. This instrument give us atomic surfaces images. The STM can be used not only in vacuum but also in air, water and a lot of other liquid or gas ambientes.
All the
discoveries made in the microscopy world help us to understand a lot of impacts
in the macro
world. In this case, liposomes are part of us, the nature give us this incredible piece of life.
world. In this case, liposomes are part of us, the nature give us this incredible piece of life.
