In conclusion, substantial progress has been made in the development of the PMN platform technology in the past few years.
From multiple angles the prospects for commercializing the technology look good. The technology is promising for biomaterials
development, and it has good potential to influence development of a variety of approaches to drug delivery. The technology
could also be useful for development of multifunctional biomaterials. For instance, a variety of bioactive peptides could
be used simultaneously to functionalize a PMN for different purposes, or various drugs could be encapsulated simultaneously
for co-delivery. It is possible that other basic themes for technology development have yet to be identified. It is certain
in any case that many variations on the known themes wait to be explored.
Donald T. Haynie, PhD , is vice-president of research and chief scientific officer at Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc., 5 Science Park at Yale,
New Haven, CT 06511, tel. 1 203.772.3430, haynie@jhu.edu
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