text: Generally speaking, chemotactic drug-targeting is a drug delivery strategy with promising avenues for treating diseases such as cancer and inflammation. This approach mimics the biological process of chemotaxis, which biological organisms use to detect, maneuver, and react to chemical signals in their environment. By applying this technique to targeted drug delivery, researchers aim to create drugs that can precisely reach their intended targets, minimizing the potential for side effects, improving drug efficacy, and decreasing drug dosage. Some examples include but are not limited to microdroplets, protocells, biological and bio-hybrid drug carriers, leukocytes, and neutrophils.
  While chemotactic drug targeting holds great promise for drug delivery, there are key advantages and limitations that must be considered. One main advantage is that these systems can precisely target specific cells, tissues, or organs within the body while minimizing their disruptive effects on healthy tissue. Moreover, by delivering the drug directly to the desired target, researchers can effectively reduce the required drug dosage needed. However, some limitations to chemotactic drug targeting include issues with biocompatibility, drug-carrying capacity, and the life span of specific carriers. Another major challenge with this approach is motility, when either the chemical stimuli diminish, or the attached enzymes become oversaturated. This can limit the effectiveness of the drug delivery system and may require additional modifications to improve its performance. Thus, although these approaches have shown great promise, more research is still needed to fully understand chemotaxis mechanisms and optimize this property for targeted drug delivery strategies.