Genomic profiling of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, Myanmar by Aung, Htin Lin, Nyunt, Wint Wint, Fong, Yang, Biggs, Patrick J., Winkworth, Richard C., Lockhart, Peter J., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Hill, Philip C., Cook, Gregory M., Aung, Si Thu

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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

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that globally 235 million people suffer from chronic and other inflammatory diseases. The short half-lives of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and their notoriety in causing gastrointestinal discomforts, warrants these drugs to be released in a controlled and sustained manner. …”
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Boronic acid and nitrofuranyl derivatives as potential therapeutics by Dey, AL

“…Whereas in the recent past drug development has often focussed on molecular structures with limited pharmacokinetic parameters e.g. …”

Use of peptide asparginyl ligases (PALs) in generating alternative non-Ig protein-drug conjugates for cancer therapy by See, Julia Jing Yi

“…Past research on antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) focused on protein site-specific modification as chemical conjugation lacks site-selectivity. …”
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Investigation of blood pressure regulation schemes by Chai, Chang Yong

“…Hence, continuous monitoring and careful control of the infusion of drug is required. Since the middle 1970s, many researches have been conducted using various types of feedback control system to regulate blood pressure through the infusion of antihypertension drug [5]. …”
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Design of Cleavable Monomers and Cross-Linkers for the Synthesis of Degradable Polymer Architectures by Cardoso da Costa, Leticia

“…The difference in backbone degradation rates, imparted by the silyl ether substituents, leads to different drug release profiles and therapeutic efficacy in vitro (Chapter 3). …”
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A synthetic biology platform for malaria parasites based on orthogonal transcriptional control by Cárdenas Ramírez, Pablo

“…Malaria is responsible for half a million deaths each year in some of the poorest communities around the world. …”
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Disposition kinetics of tylosin administered intravenously and intramuscularly in Desert Sheep and Nubian Goats by Taha, A.A., Elsheikh, H.A., Khalafalla, A.E., Osman, I. A. M., Abdullah, A. Salam

“…The bioavailability (f) of the drug in goats (0.84 ± 0.11) was not significantly higher than that in sheep (0.73 ± 0.08). …”
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Synergistic effect of 5-fluorouracil and the small molecule Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor iCRT3 on Caco-2 colorectal cancer cells in vitro by Smarslik, Maren, Inal, Jameel

“…Subsequently, the drugs were combined in different ways, and drug combination index (DCI) calculations were performed to evaluate their interaction. iCRT3 was found to be 2.45-fold more potent than 5-FU (p = 0.1982). …”
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Design and Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers with Programmable Cleavability by Zafar, Hadiqa

“…The third chapter investigates a synergistic approach to treating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with drug-loaded BBPs by leveraging multiple facets of structural modularity, including linker and drug identities and concentration ratios. …”
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Studies towards the synthesis of bioactive natural products and development of new synthetic methods by Khanizeman, Rabi’ah Nisha

“…It has been estimated that more than half of all approved drugs, from the period 1981 to 2014, are either natural products or their derivatives. …”
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Tumor-targeted nano-assemblies for energy-blocking cocktail therapy in cancer by Chen, Manling, Liu, Yidu, Li, Yang, Liu, Xue

“…To minimize the dosage of both drugs, we have developed a drug delivery strategy that prepared metformin as a nanoderivative, denoted as MA-dots. …”
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Computational analysis for infectious diseases surveillance and host-pathogen interactions (in the context of Influenza A viruses) by Beyene, Biruhalem Taye

“…While there are few clinically approved anti-IAV drugs for therapeutic and prophylactic use, these drugs have also been challenged by the emergence of drug resistance, toxicity, adverse effects and low efficacy. …”
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Development of image-based method for the quantitative assessment of cartilage damage from CT as a biomarker in osteoarthritis by Zheng, J-Q

“…<p>Preclinical studies, like those for drug development, require quantitative methods to assess osteoarthritis (OA). …”

Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoprism-based nanostructures by Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

“…Noble metal nanostructures, ranging from a few atom clusters to micrometer-long nanocrystal, have attracted tremendous attention for more than half a century. They have shown the unique physical and chemical properties, which make them promising candidates in a wide range of applications, such as catalysis, electronics, optics, sensing, bioimaging and gene regulation. …”
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The relationship between viral clearance rates and disease progression in early symptomatic COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis by Singh, S, Boyd, S, Schilling, WHK, Watson, JA, Mukaka, M, White, NJ

“…<p><strong>Background:&nbsp;</strong>Effective antiviral drugs accelerate viral clearance in acute COVID-19 infections; the relationship between accelerating viral clearance and reducing severe clinical outcomes is unclear.…”

Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and Reiki therapy on adolescents with depressive disorders inTehran, Iran by Charkhandeh, Mansoureh

“…Epidemiological studies from the literature on mental health of youth indicate that depression, drug abuse and suicide are among the three most common causes of death among young people. …”
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In vitro anti-proliferative mechanism of combination therapy with tannic acid and cisplatin against human osteosarcoma cell line U2OS by Kasiram, Mohamad Zahid Mohd

“…The half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of TA and its combination with cisplatin against U2OS cells were determined using MTT assay. …”
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Structural and mechanistic studies of herpes virus proteins by Patel, Vidhi Kanaiyalal

“…The structure reveals the C-terminal half of ICP27 to be a bundle of α-helices along with a unique zinc-fingerlike motif. …”
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