Drug vectorization

In pharmacology and medicine, vectorization of drugs refers to targeting with plastic, gold [nanoparticles in chemotherapy|noble metal] or silicon nanoparticles or liposomes to which pharmacologically active substances are reversibly bound or attached by adsorption.
CNRS researchers have devised a way to overcome the problem of multidrug resistance using polyalkyl cyanoacrylate nanoparticles as "vectors".
As a developing concept, drug nanocarriers are expected to play a major role in delivering multiple drugs to tumor tissues by overcoming semi-permeable membranes and biological barriers such as the blood–brain barrier.