Polymeric Carriers for Controlled Drug Delivery in Obesity Treatment

Obesity is the most prevailing chronic disease, affecting 13% of adults worldwide. There is a critical unmet need for the treatment of obesity. Conventional obesity treatments often lack efficacy and specificity. Biodegradable polymeric carriers are designed to achieve spatiotemporally controlled release of small-molecular drugs. Novel polymeric drug carriers have been shown to overcome many limitations of conventional obesity treatments. The...