Simulating a Controlled Drug Delivery System

By Rebekah Ravgiala1; NNCI Nano2

1. NNIN RET at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2. National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

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Abstract

In this activity, students will learn about alternative drug delivery methods and then prepare a controlled drug delivery system using sodium alginate and glucose to mimic the behavior of a controlled release drug delivery system. The purpose of this investigation is to model a controlled drug delivery system by demonstrating the rate of glucose release from alginate capsules.  Students will determine the rate of diffusion through an alginate membrane, graphically represent the system, and describe how this delivery system is an appropriate model for modern drug delivery systems.

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Rebekah Ravgiala NNIN RET at Harvard University

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NNIN RET program at Harvard University NSF EEC 0601939 and National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure NSF ECCS 1626183

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  • Rebekah Ravgiala, NNCI Nano (2020), "Simulating a Controlled Drug Delivery System," https://nanohub.org/resources/33673.

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Nancy Healy

Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Tags

  1. biology
  2. chemistry
  3. diffusion
  4. drug delivery
  5. high school
  6. K-12
  7. NNCI Educational Materials