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Optimizing Excipient Properties to Prevent Aggregation in Biopharmaceutical Formulations (2023)
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King, T. E., Humphrey, J. R., Laughton, C. A., Thomas, N. R., & Hirst, J. D. (2024). Optimizing Excipient Properties to Prevent Aggregation in Biopharmaceutical Formulations. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 64(1), 265–275. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01898

Excipients are included within protein biotherapeutic solution formulations to improve colloidal and conformational stability but are generally not designed for the specific purpose of preventing aggregation and improving cryoprotection in solution.... Read More about Optimizing Excipient Properties to Prevent Aggregation in Biopharmaceutical Formulations.

Engineering periodontal tissue interfaces using multiphasic scaffolds and membranes for guided bone and tissue regeneration (2023)
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Ozkendir, O., Karaca, I., Cullu, S., Erdoğan, O. C., Yaşar, H. N., Dikici, S., Owen, R., & Aldemir Dikici, B. (2024). Engineering periodontal tissue interfaces using multiphasic scaffolds and membranes for guided bone and tissue regeneration. Biomaterials Advances, 157, Article 213732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213732

Periodontal diseases are one of the greatest healthcare burdens worldwide. The periodontal tissue compartment is an anatomical tissue interface formed from the periodontal ligament, gingiva, cementum, and bone. This multifaceted composition makes tis... Read More about Engineering periodontal tissue interfaces using multiphasic scaffolds and membranes for guided bone and tissue regeneration.

Targeted DPPC/DMPG surface-modified voriconazole lipid nanoparticles control invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised population: in-vitro and in-vivo assessment (2023)
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Fayyaz, H. A., EL-Massik, M. A., Bahey-El-Din, M., Abdel-Bary, A., Abdallah, O. Y., & Eltaher, H. M. (2024). Targeted DPPC/DMPG surface-modified voriconazole lipid nanoparticles control invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised population: in-vitro and in-vivo assessment. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 649, Article 123663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123663

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the most devastating Aspergillus-related lung disease. Voriconazole (VRZ) is the first-line treatment against IPA. Despite availability in oral and parenteral dosage forms, risks of systemic toxicity dictate... Read More about Targeted DPPC/DMPG surface-modified voriconazole lipid nanoparticles control invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised population: in-vitro and in-vivo assessment.

Small Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 3 (ACKR3) (2023)
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Dekkers, S., Comez, D., Karsai, N., Arimont-Segura, M., Canals, M., Caspar, B., de Graaf, C., Kilpatrick, L. E., Leurs, R., Kellam, B., Hill, S. J., Briddon, S. J., & Stocks, M. J. (2024). Small Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 3 (ACKR3). ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 15(1), 143–148. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00469

The atypical chemokine receptor 3 (ACKR3) is a receptor that induces cancer progression and metastasis in multiple cell types. Therefore, new chemical tools are required to study the role of ACKR3 in cancer and other diseases. In this study, fluoresc... Read More about Small Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 3 (ACKR3).

A model of purchase intention of complementary and alternative medicines: the role of social media influencers’ endorsements (2023)
Journal Article
Gülpınar, G., Uzun, M. B., Iqbal, A., Anderson, C., Syed, W., & Al-Rawi, M. B. A. (2023). A model of purchase intention of complementary and alternative medicines: the role of social media influencers’ endorsements. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 23(1), Article 439. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04285-1

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Social Media Influencers (SMIs) are a fashionable way of marketing products by creating electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) on social media. The marketing of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) by SMIs is becoming increasingly pop... Read More about A model of purchase intention of complementary and alternative medicines: the role of social media influencers’ endorsements.

Toward Comprehensive Analysis of the 3D Chemistry of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms (2023)
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Kotowska, A. M., Zhang, J., Carabelli, A., Watts, J., Aylott, J. W., Gilmore, I. S., Williams, P., Scurr, D. J., & Alexander, M. R. (2023). Toward Comprehensive Analysis of the 3D Chemistry of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms. Analytical Chemistry, 95(49), 18287-18294. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04443

Bacterial biofilms are structured communities consisting of cells enmeshed in a self-generated extracellular matrix usually attached to a surface. They contain diverse classes of molecules including polysaccharides, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, a... Read More about Toward Comprehensive Analysis of the 3D Chemistry of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms.

Bacillus subtilis engineered for aerospace medicine: a platform for on-demand production of pharmaceutical peptides (2023)
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Vallota-Eastman, A., Bui, C., Williams, P. M., Valentine, D. L., Loftus, D., & Rothschild, L. (2023). Bacillus subtilis engineered for aerospace medicine: a platform for on-demand production of pharmaceutical peptides. Frontiers in Space Technologies, 4, Article 1181843. https://doi.org/10.3389/frspt.2023.1181843

Biologics, such as pharmaceutical peptides, have notoriously short shelf lives, insufficient for long-duration space flight missions to the Moon or Mars. To enable the sustainable presence of humans on the Moon or Mars, we must develop methods for on... Read More about Bacillus subtilis engineered for aerospace medicine: a platform for on-demand production of pharmaceutical peptides.

Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model (2023)
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Dooley, M., Luckett, J., Alexander, M. R., Matousek, P., Dehghani, H., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., & Notingher, I. (2023). Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model. Biomedical Optics Express, 14(12), 6592-6606. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.512118

Diffuse Raman spectroscopy (DRS) allows subsurface molecular analysis of optically turbid samples. Numerical modelling of light propagation was used as a method for improving the design of an DRS instrument to maximize the signal to noise ratio (SNR)... Read More about Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model.

Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model (2023)
Journal Article
Dooley, M., Luckett, J., Alexander, M. R., Matousek, P., Dehghani, H., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., & Notingher, I. (2023). Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model. Biomedical Optics Express, 14(12), 6592-6606. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.512118

Diffuse Raman spectroscopy (DRS) allows subsurface molecular analysis of optically turbid samples. Numerical modeling of light propagation was used as a method for improving the design of an DRS instrument to maximize the signal to noise ratio (SNR)... Read More about Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model.

Sustained Release of Dexamethasone from 3D-Printed Scaffolds Modulates Macrophage Activation and Enhances Osteogenic Differentiation (2023)
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Majrashi, M., Yang, J., Ghaemmaghami, A., Kotowska, A., Hicks, J. M., & Scurr, D. (2023). Sustained Release of Dexamethasone from 3D-Printed Scaffolds Modulates Macrophage Activation and Enhances Osteogenic Differentiation. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(49), 56623–56638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c09774

Enhancing osteogenesis via modulating immune cells is emerging as a new approach to address current challenges in repairing bone defects and fractures. However, much remains unknown about the crosstalk between immune cells and osteolineage cells duri... Read More about Sustained Release of Dexamethasone from 3D-Printed Scaffolds Modulates Macrophage Activation and Enhances Osteogenic Differentiation.