2020-09-142020-09-142020Begines Ruiz, B., Ortiz Cerda, T.A., Pérez-Aranda Redondo, M., Martínez Muñoz, G., Merinero de los Santos, M., Argüelles Arias, F. y Alcudia Cruz, A. (2020). Polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery: Recent developments and future prospects. Nanomaterials, 10 (7), 1403-.2079-4991https://hdl.handle.net/11441/101083The complexity of some diseases—as well as the inherent toxicity of certain drugs—has led to an increasing interest in the development and optimization of drug-delivery systems. Polymeric nanoparticles stand out as a key tool to improve drug bioavailability or specific delivery at the site of action. The versatility of polymers makes them potentially ideal for fulfilling the requirements of each particular drug-delivery system. In this review, a summary of the state-of-the-art panorama of polymeric nanoparticles as drug-delivery systems has been conducted, focusing mainly on those applications in which the corresponding disease involves an important morbidity, a considerable reduction in the life quality of patients—or even a high mortality. A revision of the use of polymeric nanoparticles for ocular drug delivery, for cancer diagnosis and treatment, as well as nutraceutical delivery, was carried out, and a short discussion about future prospects of these systems is includedapplication/pdf38 p.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Cancer diagnosisCancer drug-delivery systemsDrug-delivery systemsNanocarriersNanoparticlesNutraceuticalsOcular deliveryPolymeric materialsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess10.3390/nano10071403