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Many macromolecular therapeutics could potentially treat genetic disorders and cancer. They have, however, not yet reached the clinical stage owing to a lack of suitable carriers that can bring the therapeutics from the administration site to the subcellular site in target cells. One of the reasons that is hindering the development of such carriers is the limited knowledge of their transport dynamics and intracellular processing. Single-particle tracking (SPT) microscopy, thanks to its single molecule sensitivity and its broad applicability, has found its entry in the field of drug delivery to get an answer to these questions. This review aims to introduce the fundamentals of SPT to the drug delivery community and highlight the most recent discoveries obtained with SPT in the field of drug delivery.

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