Liposomal carrier systems for encapsulation of drugs using bicellar mixtures by Lee, Bao Jun

“…This research aims to evaluate the physicochemical properties of bicelles, such as particle size, distribution, and encapsulation efficiency of drugs. The bicelles will be fabricated using the LUCA cycles (freeze-thaw-vortex cycles) by varying the q-ratio (0, 2, 5, 8, 10, and 20) and total lipid concentration (2mM, 5mM and 10mM). …”
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Silk Fibroin-Based Coatings for Pancreatin-Dependent Drug Delivery by Navamajiti, Natsuda, Gardner, Apolonia, Cao, Ruonan, Sugimoto, Yutaro, Yang, Jee Won, Lopes, Aaron, Phan, Nhi V., Collins, Joy, Hua, Tiffany, Damrongsakkul, Siriporn, Kanokpanont, Sorada, Steiger, Christoph, Reker, Daniel, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

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Novel drug-eluting stent to reduce fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Fong, Timothy Ren Zhong

“…A solution of poly(L-lactide-co-caprolactone) and MMC was spray coated on 2cm long polyurethane stents, with varied drug loading (2.5wt%, 5wt%, 7.5wt%). The stents were then immersed in four different Phosphate Buffer Saline mediums (pH 6, 7, 7.4, 8.5) for drug release over 28 days. …”
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Pathways to prison: economic, personal and relational motivations for drug offending in Indonesia by Hoyle, C, Jabbar, P

Recent advances in the development of liquid crystalline nanoparticles as drug delivery systems by Leu, Jassica S. L., Teoh, Jasy J. X., Ling, Angel L. Q., Chong, Joey, Loo, Yan Shan, Mat Azmi, Intan Diana, Zahid, Noor Idayu, Bose, Rajendran J. C., Madheswaran, Thiagarajan

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Green amorphous nanoplex as a new supersaturating drug delivery system by Cheow, Wean Sin, Hadinoto, Kunn

“…The solubility of curcumin as the least-soluble drug is magnified 9-fold upon its transformation to the nanoplex, and the supersaturated condition is maintained for 5 h.…”
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Ultrasound‐Responsive Aqueous Two‐Phase Microcapsules for On‐Demand Drug Release by Field, Rachel D, Jakus, Margaret A, Chen, Xiaoyu, Human, Kelia, Zhao, Xuanhe, Chitnis, Parag V, Sia, Samuel K

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Layer-by-layer assembled micro and nano carriers for drug delivery applications by Mutukumaraswamy Shaillender

“…In nano- or microparticulate drug delivery, both control of the drug release and interaction of the particles with the cellular environment are critical attributes. …”
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Controlled-release nanoencapsulating microcapsules to combat inflammatory diseases by Baek, Jong-Suep, Yeo, Eng Wan, Lee, Yin Hao, Tan, Nguan Soon, Loo, Say Chye Joachim

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Exploring drug consumption rooms as ‘inclusion health interventions’: policy implications for Europe by Scher, BD, Chrisinger, BW, Humphreys, DK, Shorter, GW

Development of oil-based gels as versatile drug delivery systems for pediatric applications by Kirtane, Ameya R., Karavasili, Christina, Wahane, Aniket, Freitas, Dylan, Booz, Katelyn, Le, Dao Thi Hong, Hua, Tiffany, Scala, Stephen, Lopes, Aaron, Hess, Kaitlyn, Collins, Joy, Tamang, Siddartha, Ishida, Keiko, Kuosmanen, Johannes L. P., Rajesh, Netra Unni, Phan, Nhi V., Li, Junwei, Krogmann, Annlyse, Lennerz, Jochen K., Hayward, Alison, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

“…In swine, oleogels could deliver four drugs ranging three orders of magnitude in their water solubilities and two orders of magnitude in their partition coefficients. …”
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Electrochemically driven optical and SERS immunosensor for the detection of a therapeutic cardiac drug by Chaudhry, Madeeha, Lim, Dong-Kwon, Kang, Jeon Woong, Yaqoob, Zahid, So, Peter, Bhopal, Muhammad Fahad, Wang, Minqiang, Qamar, Raheel, Bhatti, Arshad Saleem

“…The effectiveness of the drug critically depends on its presence in the therapeutic range (0.8–2.0 ng mL−1) in the patient's serum. …”
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Deep learning methods for genome-based prediction of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Wang, C

“…<p>Tuberculosis is a highly lethal infectious disease, causing approximately 1.5 million deaths annually. Recent years have seen a concerning rise in drug-resistant tuberculosis cases, calling for the development of new approaches for drug susceptibility testing. …”

Flame-made calcium phosphate nanoparticles with high drug loading for delivery of biologics by Tsikourkitoudi, Vasiliki, Karlsson, Jens, Merkl, Padryk, Loh, Edmund, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Sotiriou, Georgios A.

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Structural basis of ligand recognition in 5-HT3 receptors by Thompson, Andrew J., Villalgordo, Jose M., Lummis, Sarah C. R., Smit, August B., Kesters, Divya, Elk, René van, Brams, Marijke, Spurny, Radovan, Geitmann, Matthis, Guskov, Albert, Danielson, U. Helena, Ulens, Chris

“…The 5-HT3 receptor is a pentameric serotonin-gated ion channel, which mediates rapid excitatory neurotransmission and is the target of a therapeutically important class of anti-emetic drugs, such as granisetron. …”
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Immunoprofiling of drug-resistant epilepsy with a focus on glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 antibodies by McGinty, R

“…<p>The urgent need to improve therapies for people with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) requires improved understanding of the aetiopathophysiology of epilepsy and the mechanisms responsible for pharmacoresistance. …”

Development and in vitro bioevaluation of cockle shell-calcium carbonate (Aragonite) nanoparticles for intracellular drug delivery by Isa, Tijani

“…The mean diameter of inhibition zone was 18.6 ± 0.5 mm, which was better than ciprofloxacin alone (11.7 ± 0.9 mm), while the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of the formulation were lower than those of free drugs. …”
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Antibiotic resistance profile, potential drivers and genotype of Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Vibrio sp. isolated from hybrid red tilapia and Asian seabass in the West Coas... by Dewi, Rita Rosmala

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A hydrophilic polyimidazolium antibiotic targeting the membranes of Gram-negative bacteria by Chen, Yahua, Yong, Melvin, Li, Ming, Si, Zhangyong, Koh, Chong Hui, Lau, Pearlyn, Chang, Yi Wei, Teo, Jeanette, Chan-Park, Mary B., Gan, Yunn-Hwen

“…The rise of MDR Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), especially those resistant to last-resort drugs such as carbapenems and colistin, is a global health risk and calls for increased efforts to discover new antimicrobial compounds. …”
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RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract by Srinivasan, Shriya S., Alshareef, Amro, Hwang, Alexandria V., Kang, Ziliang, Kuosmanen, Johannes, Ishida, Keiko, Jenkins, Joshua, Liu, Sabrina, Madani, Wiam Abdalla Mohammed, Lennerz, Jochen, Hayward, Alison, Morimoto, Josh, Fitzgerald, Nina, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

“…Oral drug delivery of proteins is limited by the degradative environment of the gastrointestinal tract and poor absorption, requiring parenteral administration of these drugs. …”
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