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Deep Learning‐Driven Exploration of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Neuroprotective Activity in Alzheimer's Disease (2024)
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Li, X., Sun, Y., Zhou, Z., Li, J., Liu, S., Chen, L., …Lu, Q. (2024). Deep Learning‐Driven Exploration of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Neuroprotective Activity in Alzheimer's Disease. Advanced Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202308970

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a pressing concern in neurodegenerative research. To address the challenges in AD drug development, especially those targeting Aβ, this study uses deep learning and a pharmacological approach to elucidate the potential of... Read More about Deep Learning‐Driven Exploration of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Neuroprotective Activity in Alzheimer's Disease.

Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Visualization of Oral Dosage Forms in the Human Stomach: A Scoping Review (2024)
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Akbar, T., Gershkovich, P., Stamatopoulos, K., Gowland, P. A., Stolnik, S., Butler, J., & Marciani, L. (2024). Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Visualization of Oral Dosage Forms in the Human Stomach: A Scoping Review. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 21(4), 1553-1562. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c01123

Oral dosage forms are the most widely and frequently used formulations to deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), due to their ease of administration and noninvasiveness. Knowledge of intragastric release rates and gastric mixing is crucial... Read More about Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Visualization of Oral Dosage Forms in the Human Stomach: A Scoping Review.

Glycerol- and diglycerol-based polyesters: Evaluation of backbone alterations upon nano-formulation performance (2024)
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Axioti, E., Dixon, E. G., Reynolds-Green, M., Alexander, E. C., Brugnoli, B., Keddie, D. J., …Taresco, V. (2024). Glycerol- and diglycerol-based polyesters: Evaluation of backbone alterations upon nano-formulation performance. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 236, Article 113828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.113828

Despite the success of polyethylene glycol-based (PEGylated) polyesters in the drug delivery and biomedical fields, concerns have arisen regarding PEG's immunogenicity and limited biodegradability. In addition, inherent limitations, including limited... Read More about Glycerol- and diglycerol-based polyesters: Evaluation of backbone alterations upon nano-formulation performance.

Triblock copolymer micelles enhance solubility, permeability and activity of a quorum sensing inhibitor against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms (2024)
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Kasza, K., Soukarieh, F., Romero, M., Hardie, K. R., Gurnani, P., Cámara, M., & Alexander, C. (2024). Triblock copolymer micelles enhance solubility, permeability and activity of a quorum sensing inhibitor against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. RSC Applied Polymers, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3LP00208J

Antimicrobial resistance is a threat to public health for which new treatments are urgently required. The capability of bacteria to form biofilms is of particular concern as it enables high bacterial tolerance to conventional therapies by reducing dr... Read More about Triblock copolymer micelles enhance solubility, permeability and activity of a quorum sensing inhibitor against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

Free drug and ROS-responsive nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations to triple negative breast cancer models (2024)
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Cavanagh, R. J., Monteiro, P. F., Moloney, C., Travanut, A., Mehradnia, F., Taresco, V., …Alexander, C. (2024). Free drug and ROS-responsive nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations to triple negative breast cancer models. Biomaterials Science, 12(7), 1822-1840. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3bm01931d

Combinations of the topoisomerase II inhibitor doxorubicin and the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib offer potential drug-drug synergy for the treatment of triple negative breast cancers (TNBC). In this study we performed in vitro scree... Read More about Free drug and ROS-responsive nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations to triple negative breast cancer models.

Probing the Mechanism of Action of Bis(phenolato) Amine (ONO Donor Set) Titanium(IV) Anticancer Agents (2024)
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Musa, M., Abid, M., Bradshaw, T. D., Boocock, D. J., Coveney, C., Argent, S. P., & Woodward, S. (2024). Probing the Mechanism of Action of Bis(phenolato) Amine (ONO Donor Set) Titanium(IV) Anticancer Agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 67(4), 2732-2744. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01874

The need for anticancer therapies that overcome metallodrug resistance while minimizing adverse toxicities is targeted, herein, using titanium coordination complexes. Octahedral titanium­(IV) trans, mer-[Ti­{R1N­(CH2–2-MeO-4-R1-C6H2)2}2] [R1 = Et, al... Read More about Probing the Mechanism of Action of Bis(phenolato) Amine (ONO Donor Set) Titanium(IV) Anticancer Agents.

Audio-based AI classifiers show no evidence of improved COVID-19 screening over simple symptoms checkers (2024)
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Coppock, H., Nicholson, G., Kiskin, I., Koutra, V., Baker, K., Budd, J., …Holmes, C. (2024). Audio-based AI classifiers show no evidence of improved COVID-19 screening over simple symptoms checkers. Nature Machine Intelligence, 6, 229-242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-023-00773-8

Recent work has reported that respiratory audio-trained AI classifiers can accurately predict SARS-CoV-2 infection status. However, it has not yet been determined whether such model performance is driven by latent audio biomarkers with true causal li... Read More about Audio-based AI classifiers show no evidence of improved COVID-19 screening over simple symptoms checkers.

Evaluating the role of primary care pharmacy technicians in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and acne management using TARGET resources (2024)
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Lakha, A., Fleming, N., Sonnex, K., Thornley, T., Anderson, C., Hand, . K., & Ashiru-Oredope, D. (2024). Evaluating the role of primary care pharmacy technicians in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and acne management using TARGET resources. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 6(1), Article dlae011. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae011

Background: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is accelerating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) (Antibiotic resistant infections and associated deaths increase https://www.gov.uk/government/news/antibiotic-resistant-infections-And-Associated-deaths-i... Read More about Evaluating the role of primary care pharmacy technicians in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and acne management using TARGET resources.

Top ten research priorities for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: results of a multistakeholder research priority setting partnership (2024)
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Subhani, M., Dhanda, A., Olaru, A., Dunford, L., Ahmad, N., Wragg, A., …Ryder, S. D. (2024). Top ten research priorities for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: results of a multistakeholder research priority setting partnership. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253%2824%2900009-8

Alcohol is a preventable leading cause of liver disease and over 200 other acute or chronic medical conditions. 1 In the UK, 25% of the population drinks at an increasing risk level (ie, 15–34 units per week for women and 15–49 units per week for men... Read More about Top ten research priorities for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: results of a multistakeholder research priority setting partnership.

Conformational activation and inhibition of von Willebrand factor by targeting its autoinhibitory module (2024)
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Arce, N. A., Markham-Lee, Z., Liang, Q., Najmudin, S., Legan, E. R., Dean, G., …Li, R. (2024). Conformational activation and inhibition of von Willebrand factor by targeting its autoinhibitory module. Blood, https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2023022038

Activation of von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a tightly controlled process governed primarily by local elements around its A1 domain. Recent studies suggest that the O-glycosylated sequences flanking the A1 domain constitute a discontinuous and force-... Read More about Conformational activation and inhibition of von Willebrand factor by targeting its autoinhibitory module.