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Towards a general model for predicting minimal metal concentrations co-selecting for antibiotic resistance plasmids (2021)
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Arya, S., Williams, A., Reina, S. V., Knapp, C. W., Kreft, J., Hobman, J. L., & Stekel, D. J. (2021). Towards a general model for predicting minimal metal concentrations co-selecting for antibiotic resistance plasmids. Environmental Pollution, 275, Article 116602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116602

© 2021 Elsevier Ltd Many antibiotic resistance genes co-occur with resistance genes for transition metals, such as copper, zinc, or mercury. In some environments, a positive correlation between high metal concentration and high abundance of antibioti... Read More about Towards a general model for predicting minimal metal concentrations co-selecting for antibiotic resistance plasmids.

Selenium speciation and bioaccessibility in Se-fertilised crops of dietary importance in Malawi (2021)
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Muleya, M., Young, S. D., Reina, S. V., Ligowe, I. S., Broadley, M. R., Joy, E. J., …Bailey, E. H. (2021). Selenium speciation and bioaccessibility in Se-fertilised crops of dietary importance in Malawi. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 98, Article 103841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.103841

© 2021 The Author(s) The purpose of this research was to explore the speciation and bioaccessibility of native soil-derived selenium (Se) versus Se applied via fertiliser in the edible portions of maize, groundnut and cowpea grown in Malawi. Fertilis... Read More about Selenium speciation and bioaccessibility in Se-fertilised crops of dietary importance in Malawi.

Rapidly Transducing and Spatially Localized Magnetofection Using Peptide-Mediated Non-Viral Gene Delivery Based on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (2020)
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Blokpoel Ferreras, L. A., Chan, S. Y., Vazquez Reina, S., & Dixon, J. E. (2021). Rapidly Transducing and Spatially Localized Magnetofection Using Peptide-Mediated Non-Viral Gene Delivery Based on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(1), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c02465

Non-viral delivery systems are generally of low efficiency, which limits their use in gene therapy and editing applications. We previously developed a technology termed glycosaminoglycan (GAG)-binding enhanced transduction (GET) to efficiently delive... Read More about Rapidly Transducing and Spatially Localized Magnetofection Using Peptide-Mediated Non-Viral Gene Delivery Based on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles.

Enhanced Cellular Transduction of Nanoparticles Resistant to Rapidly Forming Plasma Protein Coronas (2020)
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Blokpoel Ferreras, L. A., Scott, D., Vazquez Reina, S., Roach, P., Torres, T. E., Goya, G. F., …Dixon, J. E. (2020). Enhanced Cellular Transduction of Nanoparticles Resistant to Rapidly Forming Plasma Protein Coronas. Advanced Biosystems, 4(10), Article 2000162. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202000162

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH Nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly being developed as biomedical platforms for drug/nucleic acid delivery and imaging. However, in biological fluids, NPs interact with a wide range of proteins that fo... Read More about Enhanced Cellular Transduction of Nanoparticles Resistant to Rapidly Forming Plasma Protein Coronas.

Renal accumulation of prooxidant mineral elements and CKD in domestic cats (2020)
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Alborough, R., Grau-Roma, L., de Brot, S., Hantke, G., Vazquez, S., & Gardner, D. S. (2020). Renal accumulation of prooxidant mineral elements and CKD in domestic cats. Scientific Reports, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59876-6

Felids have a high incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), for which the most common renal lesion is chronic interstitial nephritis (CIN). CIN can be induced by tissue oxidative stress, which is determined by the cellular balance of pro- and anti-... Read More about Renal accumulation of prooxidant mineral elements and CKD in domestic cats.