Pharmaceutical Engineering & Drug Delivery

Strategies for repurposing existing antiviral drugs, such as modifying how they are  dosed, administered, and delivered, could them an important part of fighting COVID-19 until a vaccine is available.  

Sytems that interact with cell and tissue barriers in the body are being developed to improve therapeutic delivery and promote healing.

Hear from James about promising career paths in cell-free systems, and get a preview of his upcoming talk at the Cell Free Systems Conference.

Chemical engineering and polymer science played a significant role in creating this new blood-filtering cancer treatment technology.

Bob Langer of MIT shares his predictions on where he sees the profession of chemical engineering heading over the next 25 years.

Humans have roughly 40 trillion bacterial cells in their bodies; up to 1,000 species of bacteria live in the human gut alone.

A look at the future of chemical engineering from the perspective of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Once a non-topic, misfolded and aggregated proteins are drawing a lot of attention, and an article that singles out high-quality publications on these topics is in the spotlight.

A new report released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and control (ECDC) emphasizes that antimicrobial resistance remains one of the greatest public health threats today.

An international team of researchers has created new antiviral nanoparticles that show potential for outperforming current antiviral drugs.

The device aims to test and predict the effects of biological and chemical agents, diseases, or drugs on the brain without the need for human or animal subjects.

In an attempt to find alternatives to conventional recycling, researchers at the Technical University of Munich took inspiration from nature to create a self-disposing supramolecular material with

The molecular cages show potential for use in energy conversion, drug delivery, and as sensors.

In its first year, BioTM is already topping the charts, with top ratings for viewing, sharing, and discussion of articles.

The failure rate for new drugs and therapies under development exceeds 95%.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have had a significant breakthrough in creating a customized therapeutic vaccine for treating colon and melanoma cancer tumors in mice.

Tests by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have recently shown that nanoparticles modified with polyethylene glycol selectively affect specific areas of the immune system, showing potential

A startup in southern California is designing microbes that extend DNA beyond the natural A, T, G, and C components to include X and Y.

This month, CEP features a Society of Biological Engineering supplement that delves into synthetic biology. The issue also takes a close look at drug-delivery nanoparticles, among many other biological and chemical engineering topics.

AIChE and the Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) have launched with publishing partner Wiley the new open-access journal Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, whose

Forty healthy volunteers will undergo phase I clinical testing of a Zika DNA vaccine in a few weeks.

One drug company is hoping to collect DNA from 100,000 cancer patients with the goal of matching them with drug companies who could offer the most effective help.

If you could eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito responsible for spreading the Zika virus in the Americas, would you? And should you? Those are some of the big questions being tossed about among biologists, ecologists, public health experts, and others today because the technology exists to bid farewell to the pesky mosquito.

Learn about the work Leanne is doing to better understand and improve batteries for use with sustainable energy sources.

Yesterday an 18-month-old research group called Rubius was officially launched with the mission to genetically engineer red blood cells for dru

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), in partnership with John Wiley and Sons, will launch a new quarterly, peer-reviewed, online, o

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that nanodiamonds can be used to effectively deliver chemotherapy drugs and eliminate chemoreisistant cancer cells.

Recent years have brought massive changes in drug delivery, and biological engineers are at the forefront.

One day the capsule you swallow to treat a disease may not deliver medicine but instead may deliver DNA and other biological machinery—essentially a factory that creates medicine on demand.