“…The first method is through better targeting of the drugs to tumours, thereby leaving healthy tissue unaffected [7]. A number of delivery systems, that target the tumour either passively or actively have been examined, such as: liposomes and micelles [8,9], polymers [10], nanoparticles [11][12][13], nanotubes [14] and dendrimers [15], as well as by the use of various targeting molecules, such as: folate and estrogen [16,17], aptamers [18], antibodies [19], magnetic fields [20] and DNA sequence selective agents [21,22] The second method by which the side effects of platinum drugs can be reduced is to change their pharmacokinetics (where and how a drug is transported and excreted in the body). The two biggest problems with platinum drug pharmacokinetics are their short blood serum halflifes (maximum concentration of cisplatin is achieved in less than 10 min before its serum 4 concentration drops significantly) and the extent of drug-protein binding (up to 90% of cisplatin is protein bound in the blood stream).…”