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Department of Chemical Engineering, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.
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This commentary expands on the above article in 2 ways. First, it provides more recent information on polymer-based drug delivery systems. Second, it discusses experimental systems that may be clinically viable in the future such as prodrugs, cell-polymer transplants and gene transplants.