Ocular Nanotechnology Drug Delivery

• Prize
  Winner in Professional journals / Other Print (Magazines, Newspapers, Calendars)
• Company
  Alexander & Turner Inc. Medical Illustration Studio
• Lead
  Cynthia Turner, Illustrator
• Team
  Cynthia Turner, Illustrator, Carey Ballard, Art Director
• Client
  EyeNet Magazine, American Academy of Ophthalmology

The image was created for EyeNet, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, for their annual meeting and special annual issue. Nanoparticles are the most common nanocarriers for ocular therapeutics due to their biocompatibility and their capacity to be loaded with drugs and gene therapies by chemical attachment, embedment, or encapsulation in the nanocarrier. Highlighting four types of nanotechnology-based ocular drug delivery systems delivering their payloads to the back of the eye show clockwise starting at noon: nanopolymer, nanoemulsion, nanomicelle, and liposome.

Cynthia Turner is a certified medical illustrator and a Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators. Her work focuses on the visual needs of the pharmaceutical and biotech research for their investor and advertising markets. Cynthia is the recipient of the 2014 Brödel Award for Excellence in Education for outstanding educational contributions to the profession of medical illustration and the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award whose extraordinary lifelong contributions to the advancements of medical illustration and scientific knowledge have set the highest standards of the profession.