NanoSiliCal Devices Srl

We produce highly intelligent, multifunctional, mesoporous silica micro and nano-systems to be exploited in target therapy. Our products technology is based on science of materials, providing nanostructured particles that can be administered intravenously, and, through the bloodstream, they can reach cancer cells, interact with them through a biological process and release a drug within. NanoSiliCal Devices is a spin-off at the University of Calabria, founded in 2014 by the research team made up by Prof. It aims to develop nanostructured products that may be exploited as smart anticancer therapies, basing its activities on the results of experimental studies, gained in the last 10 years, that haveled to several International Patent Applications and publications on international journals with high impact factor. Research and development activities are the aim of the innovative nature of NanoSiliCal Devices. NanoSiliCal Devices is the result of several studies based on properties, synthesis, characterization and biological validation of mesoporous silicas.These studies involve a modular method of synthesis of mesoporous silica based micro-and nano-systems that could be used for drug delivery. This is an excellent drug delivery system based on Receptor-specific ligand on the external surface and drug inside the pores. The main application of our products is the targeted chemotherapy, whose main purpose is to reduce drug doses, to improve therapeutic efficacy and to reduce toxic and side effects.