12^th World Narcotic Summit

Nucleic Acid Based Drug Delivery

Nucleic acids have no longer been broadly taken into consideration as an most excellent cloth for drug shipping. Indeed, unmodified nucleic acids are enzymatically unstable, too hydrophilic for cellular uptake and payload encapsulation, and can purpose unintentional biological responses inclusive of immune device activation and prolongation of the blood coagulation pathway. Recently, but, three principal regions of development surrounding nucleic acids have made it profitable to reconsider their function for drug shipping. These areas encompass DNA/RNA nanotechnology, multivalent nucleic acid nanostructures, and nucleic acid aptamers, which, respectively, provide the capacity to engineer nanostructures with unheard of levels of structural manipulate, completely opposite positive biological homes of linear/cyclic nucleic acids, and allow antibody-level targeting the use of an all-nucleic acid construct. These advances, collectively with nucleic acids' capability to reply to numerous stimuli (engineered or natural), have led to a hastily growing number of drug transport systems with potential for spatiotemporally controlled drug release. In this evaluation, we talk recent progress in nucleic acid-based totally drug shipping techniques, their capacity, precise use instances, and risks that must be conquer or avoided.