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Histopathological impact of Redox-responsive methacrylamide based micellar nanoparticles on Orthotopic Models of Triple Negative Breast Cancers (2022)
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Mehradnia, F., Moloney, C., Cavanagh, R., Pearce, A. K., Ritchie, A., Clarke, P., …Alexander, C. (2022). Histopathological impact of Redox-responsive methacrylamide based micellar nanoparticles on Orthotopic Models of Triple Negative Breast Cancers. British Journal of Pharmacy, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.5920/bjpharm.1173

The therapeutic efficacy of anticancer nanocarriers ishighly dependent on their size, shape, targeting ability, and stimuli-responsiveness. Herein, we studied the in vivo therapeutic efficacy ofDoxorubicin (Dox) loaded redox responsive micellar-like... Read More about Histopathological impact of Redox-responsive methacrylamide based micellar nanoparticles on Orthotopic Models of Triple Negative Breast Cancers.

The effect of Amine modification on siRNA delivery of redox-responsive PEGylated amphiphilic micellar nanoparticles for triple negative breast cancer therapy (2022)
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Mehradnia, F., & Alexander, C. (2022). The effect of Amine modification on siRNA delivery of redox-responsive PEGylated amphiphilic micellar nanoparticles for triple negative breast cancer therapy. British Journal of Pharmacy, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.5920/bjpharm.1119

We developed a set of methoxypoly(ethyleneglycol)-co-poly(N3-ε-caprolactone) (mPEG-N3PCL)copolymers with different types of amine linkers and investigated thecontribution of the introduced amino linker to the gene delivery efficiency ofnanoparticles.... Read More about The effect of Amine modification on siRNA delivery of redox-responsive PEGylated amphiphilic micellar nanoparticles for triple negative breast cancer therapy.

Correction to “Facile Dye-Initiated Polymerization of Lactide−Glycolide Generates Highly Fluorescent Poly(lactic-coglycolic Acid) for Enhanced Characterization of Cellular Delivery” (2022)
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Yousif, M. D., Al-Natour, M. A., Cavanagh, R., Abouselo, A., Apebende, E. A., Ghaemmaghami, A., …Alexander, C. (2022). Correction to “Facile Dye-Initiated Polymerization of Lactide−Glycolide Generates Highly Fluorescent Poly(lactic-coglycolic Acid) for Enhanced Characterization of Cellular Delivery”. ACS Macro Letters, 11, 1224. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00570

There is a change to the order of authorship for this published Letter. The author list should appear as it does in this Addition and Correction. All authors have agreed to this change.

Evaluation of the relative potential for contact and doffing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by a range of personal protective equipment materials (2022)
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Xue, X., Coleman, C. M., Duncan, J. D., Hook, A. L., Ball, J. K., Alexander, C., & Alexander, M. R. (2022). Evaluation of the relative potential for contact and doffing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by a range of personal protective equipment materials. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 16654. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20952-8

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)—has caused a global public health emergency. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the primary defence against viral exposure in... Read More about Evaluation of the relative potential for contact and doffing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by a range of personal protective equipment materials.

Metabolic Signatures of Surface-Modified Poly(lactic- co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles in Differentiated THP-1 Cells Derived with Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics (2022)
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Al-Natour, M. A., Abdelrazig, S., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Alexander, C., & Kim, D. H. (2022). Metabolic Signatures of Surface-Modified Poly(lactic- co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles in Differentiated THP-1 Cells Derived with Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics. ACS Omega, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c01660

Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in preclinical drug delivery investigations, and some formulations are now in the clinic. However, the detailed effects of many NPs at the subcellular level have not been fully investigated. In this study... Read More about Metabolic Signatures of Surface-Modified Poly(lactic- co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles in Differentiated THP-1 Cells Derived with Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics.

Oxygen-Tolerant RAFT Polymerization Initiated by Living Bacteria (2022)
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Gurnani, P., Bennett, M. R., Moloney, C., Catrambone, F., Turco, F., Myers, B., …Rawson, F. J. (2022). Oxygen-Tolerant RAFT Polymerization Initiated by Living Bacteria. ACS Macro Letters, 11(8), 954-960. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00372

Living organisms can synthesize a wide range of macromolecules from a small set of natural building blocks, yet there is potential for even greater materials diversity by exploiting biochemical processes to convert unnatural feedstocks into new abiot... Read More about Oxygen-Tolerant RAFT Polymerization Initiated by Living Bacteria.

Oxygen-Tolerant RAFT Polymerization Initiated by Living Bacteria (2022)
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Bennett, M. R., Moloney, C., Catrambone, F., Turco, F., Myers, B., Kovacs, K., …Gurnani, P. (2022). Oxygen-Tolerant RAFT Polymerization Initiated by Living Bacteria. ACS Macro Letters, 11(8), 954-960. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00372

Living organisms can synthesize a wide range of macromolecules from a small set of natural building blocks, yet there is potential for even greater materials diversity by exploiting biochemical processes to convert unnatural feedstocks into new abiot... Read More about Oxygen-Tolerant RAFT Polymerization Initiated by Living Bacteria.

An in vitro investigation of the hepatic toxicity of PEGylated polymeric redox responsive nanoparticles (2022)
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Powell, L. G., Alexander, C., Stone, V., Johnston, H. J., & Conte, C. (2022). An in vitro investigation of the hepatic toxicity of PEGylated polymeric redox responsive nanoparticles. RSC Advances, 12(20), 12860-12870. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra00395c

It can be challenging to deliver drugs to cancer cells in a targeted manner at an effective dose. Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) are promising drug delivery systems that can be targeted to cancer cells using redox responsive elements. More specificall... Read More about An in vitro investigation of the hepatic toxicity of PEGylated polymeric redox responsive nanoparticles.

Passerini chemistries for synthesis of polymer pro-drug and polymersome drug delivery nanoparticles (2022)
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Travanut, A., Monteiro, P. F., Smith, S., Howdle, S. M., Grabowska, A. M., Kellam, B., …Alexander, C. (2022). Passerini chemistries for synthesis of polymer pro-drug and polymersome drug delivery nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 10, 3895-3905. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tb00045h

New materials chemistries are urgently needed to overcome the limitations of existing biomedical materials in terms of preparation, functionality and versatility, and also in regards to their compatibility with biological environments. Here, we show... Read More about Passerini chemistries for synthesis of polymer pro-drug and polymersome drug delivery nanoparticles.

Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamides for transport and delivery in pancreatic cell lines in vitro and in vivo (2022)
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Anane-Adjei, A. B., Fletcher, N. L., Cavanagh, R. J., Houston, Z. H., Crawford, T., Pearce, A. K., …Alexander, C. (2022). Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamides for transport and delivery in pancreatic cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Biomaterials Science, 10(9), 2328-2344. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1bm01548f

Hyperbranched polymers have many promising features for drug delivery, owing to their ease of synthesis, multiple functional group content, and potential for high drug loading with retention of solubility. Here we prepared hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxyp... Read More about Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamides for transport and delivery in pancreatic cell lines in vitro and in vivo.

Therapeutic potential of miRNAs in Clostridioides difficile infection (2022)
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Monaghan, T. M., Polytarchou, C., Kao, D., Alexander, C., & Gurnani, P. (2022). Therapeutic potential of miRNAs in Clostridioides difficile infection. Future Microbiology, 17(5), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2021-0311

Treating Clostridioides difficile infection with miRNAs alone or combined with live biotherapeutic products may augment therapeutic efficacy and help counteract drug resistance in the future.