Ongoing research is performed in all of the areas mentioned.
His group has focused on the design and synthesis of drug delivery systems which takes advantages of naturally occurring transport phenomena. Dr. Hughes' laboratory devises synthetic systems to deliver macromolecules including oligonucleotides and plasmid DNA across membranes, and employs such systems to target macromolecules to cells and organs with particular interest in the brain and lung. The other research interest of Dr. Hughes, is the pre-formulation studies with polymers of nucleic acids. Check out my laboratory's homepage which is under construction. Research Interests Dr. Prokai's research interest has been focused on metabolism-based drug targeting and drug delivery.