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September 12, 2025PharmaceuticalsOpen Access

Covalently Functionalized Halloysite-Calixarene Nanotubes for Injectable Hydrogels: A Multicavity Platform for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery

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GCGiuseppe CinàUniversity of Catania MMMarina MassaroUniversity of Palermo APAndrea A. PappalardoUniversity of Illinois Chicago

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The study demonstrates improved hydrophobic drug delivery in MCF-7 cells using halloysite-based nanomaterials, suggesting versatile applications in therapy.

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Both halloysite-based nanomaterials effectively encapsulated hydrophobic drugs, ensuring retention of drug activity against MCF-7 cells, and indicating robust potential in drug delivery applications.
The novel multicavity platform showed distinct release profiles, with halloysite nanotubes promoting faster drug availability while calixarene-functionalized systems enabled sustained release.
An extensive characterization process evaluated loading efficiency and aqueous dispersibility, confirming the feasibility of these hydrogels in biocompatible systems for anticancer therapy.
This research introduces a first-of-its-kind platform, paving the way for innovative therapeutic strategies using functionalized halloysite nanomaterials.

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Cinà et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d44a4031b076d99fa5391f https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18091356

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The study demonstrates improved hydrophobic drug delivery in MCF-7 cells using halloysite-based nanomaterials, suggesting versatile applications in therapy.

Covalently Functionalized Halloysite-Calixarene Nanotubes for Injectable Hydrogels: A Multicavity Platform for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery

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