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Scalable magnet geometries enhance tumour targeting of magnetic nano-carriers

Mohseni, M; Connell, JJ; Payne, C; Patrick, PS; Baker, R; Yu, Y; Siow, B; ... Lythgoe, MF; + view all (2020) Scalable magnet geometries enhance tumour targeting of magnetic nano-carriers. Materials and Design , 191 , Article 108610. 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108610. Green open access

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Abstract

Targeted drug delivery systems aim to increase therapeutic effect within the target tissue or organ, while reducing off-target toxicity associated with systemic delivery. Magnetic drug targeting has been shown to be an effective strategy by manipulating therapeutics inside the body using a magnetic field and an iron oxide carrier. However, the effective targeting range of current magnets limits this method to small animal experiments or superficial parts of the human body. Here we produce clinically translatable magnet designs capable of increasing exposure of tissue to magnetic fields and field gradients, leading to increased carrier accumulation. The iron oxide nanoparticle capturing efficiency was first assessed in vitro using a simple vascular flow system. Secondly, accumulation of these particles, following magnetic targeting, was evaluated in vivo using a range of different magnet designs. We observed that our bespoke magnet produced a 4-fold increase in effective targeting depth when compared to a conventional 1 T disk magnet. Finally, we show that this magnet is readily scalable to human size proportions and has the potential to target 100 nm particles up to a depth of 7 cm at specific locations of human body.

Type: Article
Title: Scalable magnet geometries enhance tumour targeting of magnetic nano-carriers
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108610
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108610
Language: English
Additional information: © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Imaging
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094255
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