Guest Editors
Piyush Kumar Gupta
Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad
Dr. Piyush Kumar Gupta is an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. His expertise includes biomaterials, pharmaceutical nanotechnology, and nanotoxicology. He holds eight granted patents and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals. Dr. Gupta is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and an active member of the Indian National Young Academy of Science, the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and several scientific societies. He has received numerous national and international recognitions, including inclusion in the Top 2% World Scientists List for 2024 and 2025, the INSA Visiting Scientist Award, and the Nanoscale Horizons Award. He serves on editorial boards for journals published by Elsevier, Springer, and Frontiers and reviews projects for government agencies. He is also an active reviewer for more than 100 international journals and frequently delivers invited lectures and organizes government-funded scientific programs across biotechnology and nanomedicine research communities.
Akhilesh Kumar
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India
Dr. Akhilesh Kumar is a Scientist (SS) Medicine Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izztangar Bareilly. He started his carrier as a scientist in 2013 at ICAR-National Research Centre in Mithun, Mediziphema, Nagaland. He has worked as a scientist at ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, since 2017. He graduated from the College of Veterinary Science & A.H, Anand Agriculture University, Gujarat (2006), M.V.Sc (2009), and PhD (2012) from ICAR-IVRI in Veterinary Medicine. He is a recipient of ICAR Junior Research Fellowship, INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP by the Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, ISVM appreciation award, etc. Currently, he is working actively in nano-drug delivery and developing nanoformulations. He has handled several extramural projects funded by ICMR, DBT, and UPCAR. He has guided 4 M.V.Sc scholars and is currently guiding 1 M.V.Sc and 3 PhD Scholars. He has conducted 25 training programs for farmers, students, interns, support staff, and faculty under various HRD programs, including winter schools. He has more than 40 research publications in journals of international and national repute, several bulletins, book chapters, e-books, e-articles, video tutorials, etc. He is an editorial board member of SCIREA Journal of Biology, Journal of Disease and Medicinal Plants, IJLR, and a reviewer for the Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Hariana Vet, Global Journals, Journal of nanoparticle Research, etc.
Collection Overview
Nanotechnology in life sciences is a booming area of research where scientists have extensively experimented with various materials and their properties for using them as biologically compatible and better-targeting drug delivery systems. This field has gained an enormous market, as evident from the availability of nano-formulated cosmetic products to cancer nano-chemotherapeutics.
These nanodrug delivery systems have been developed for various therapeutic, diagnostic, and biosensing applications. Their nature can be gel-like formulations, self-assembling nanoparticles, pH and temperature-sensitive formulations, metal/metal oxide nanoparticles, proteins, or synthetic polymer-based nanoparticles. Additionally, depending on the diseased location, different routes of administration and targeting modalities have been tested to provide the utmost therapeutic effects with minimal systemic toxicity to the patients. Such drug delivery systems are advantageous, as they tremendously reduce drug dosage and increase their bioavailability and stability. Thus proving to be economical.
This Methods Collection is a step forward in covering innovative research in the field of drug delivery. The goal is to share novel methods or technologies for developing drug delivery systems and to further emphasize their application for broader biomedical use.
Articles
Abstracts
Isolation, Synthesis, and Characterization of Exercise‑Primed Exosomes Encapsulated in an Injectable PEG Hydrogel for Myocardial Infarction Therapy
yuyu Li*1
1Wenzhou medical university
Development and evaluation of ultradeformable vesicles loaded transdermal film of boswellic acid
Disha Joshi*1
1L.J. Institute of Pharmacy, L.J. University