Pereira, Gillian2021-10-082021-10-086/30/2021Vol 2http://hdl.handle.net/1773/47815Adverse side effects from drugs being delivered to healthy tissue inside the body remain a persistent challenge within the medical field. Targeted drug delivery by use of stimuli-responsive DNA-based hydrogels emerge as a promising solution to this issue. These hydrogels can be used for a “smart” controlled drug delivery system that enables a drug to be delivered to a target location in a controlled amount by responding to an external stimulus. DNA hydrogels that respond to various non-biological and biological stimuli and their potential applications for targeted drug delivery are discussed in this paper.CC BY-NC 4.0HydrogelBiomaterialsDrug DeliveryArticle