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Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology (2024)
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This report presents an optical fibre-based endo-microscopic imaging tool that simultaneously measures the topographic profile and 3D viscoelastic properties of biological specimens through the phenomenon of time-resolved Brillouin scattering. This u... Read More about Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology.

Glycerol- and diglycerol-based polyesters: Evaluation of backbone alterations upon nano-formulation performance (2024)
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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.

Self-assembled chitosan-sodium usnate drug delivery nanosystems: Synthesis, characterization, stability studies, in vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo biocompatibility against 143 B cells (2023)
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Polymers are among the most studied materials as drug carriers, due to their tunable chemical structure and ability to self-assemble to give different types of nanostructures. In this study, chitosan (CS) nanoparticles (NPs) were investigated as carr... Read More about Self-assembled chitosan-sodium usnate drug delivery nanosystems: Synthesis, characterization, stability studies, in vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo biocompatibility against 143 B cells.

Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications (2023)
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Sustainably derived poly(glycerol adipate) (PGA) has been deemed to deliver all the desirable features expected in a polymeric scaffold for drug-delivery, including biodegradability, biocompatibility, self-assembly into nanoparticles (NPs) and a func... Read More about Poly (diglycerol adipate) variants as enhanced nanocarrier replacements in drug delivery applications.

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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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.

Gold–Oligonucleotide Nanoconstructs Engineered to Detect Conserved Enteroviral Nucleic Acid Sequences (2021)
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Enteroviruses are ubiquitous mammalian pathogens that can produce mild to life-threatening disease. We developed a multimodal, rapid, accurate and economical point-of-care biosensor that can detect nucleic acid sequences conserved amongst 96% of all... Read More about Gold–Oligonucleotide Nanoconstructs Engineered to Detect Conserved Enteroviral Nucleic Acid Sequences.

Fluorescent nanosensors reveal dynamic pH gradients during biofilm formation (2021)
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Understanding the dynamic environmental microniches of biofilms will permit us to detect, manage and exploit these communities. The components and architecture of biofilms have been interrogated in depth; however, little is known about the environmen... Read More about Fluorescent nanosensors reveal dynamic pH gradients during biofilm formation.

Advancements in the co-formulation of biologic therapeutics (2020)
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Fluorescent Nanosensors: Real-Time Biochemical Measurement for Cell and Gene Therapies (2020)
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Biochemical changes essential for cell growth occur within sub-cellular spaces, for which there are no readily available technologies to map their important ephemeral fluctuations. Fluorescent nanosensors, have the potential to address this challenge... Read More about Fluorescent Nanosensors: Real-Time Biochemical Measurement for Cell and Gene Therapies.

Facile Dye-Initiated Polymerization of Lactide–Glycolide Generates Highly Fluorescent Poly(lactic-co-glycolic Acid) for Enhanced Characterization of Cellular Delivery (2020)
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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is a versatile synthetic copolymer that is widely used in pharmaceutical applications. This is because it is well-tolerated in the body, and copolymers of varying physic... Read More about Facile Dye-Initiated Polymerization of Lactide–Glycolide Generates Highly Fluorescent Poly(lactic-co-glycolic Acid) for Enhanced Characterization of Cellular Delivery.

Intracellular processing of silica-coated superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles in human mesenchymal stem cells (2019)
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Silica-coated Superparamagnetic Iron Nanoparticles (SiMAGs) are an exciting biomedical technology capable of targeted delivery of cell-based therapeutics and disease diagnosis. However, in order to realise their full clinical potential, their intrace... Read More about Intracellular processing of silica-coated superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles in human mesenchymal stem cells.

Augmenting automated analytics using fluorescent nanosensors (2018)
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Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are projected to transform healthcare precision in the biotherapeutics sector. However, for their true potential to be realised, advancements must be made to optimising their manufacture , such that CGT production is pr... Read More about Augmenting automated analytics using fluorescent nanosensors.

New generation of bioreactors that advance extracellular matrix modelling and tissue engineering (2018)
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Bioreactors hold a lot of promise for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. They have multiple uses including cell cultivation for therapeutic production and for in vitro organ modelling to provide a more physiologically relevant... Read More about New generation of bioreactors that advance extracellular matrix modelling and tissue engineering.

Haematophagic Caenorhabditis elegans (2018)
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Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living nematode that resides in soil and typically feeds on bacteria. We postulate that haematophagic C. elegans could provide a model to evaluate vaccine responses to intestinal proteins from hematophagous nematode p... Read More about Haematophagic Caenorhabditis elegans.

Enhanced distance-dependent fluorescence quenching using size tuneable core shell silica nanoparticles (2018)
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Silica nanoparticles (SNPs) have been used as favoured platforms for sensor, drug delivery and biological imaging applications, due to their ease of synthesis, size-control and bespoke physico-chemical properties. In this study, we have developed a p... Read More about Enhanced distance-dependent fluorescence quenching using size tuneable core shell silica nanoparticles.

Future food formulation factories (2018)
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Enhancing cell and gene therapy manufacture through the application of advanced fluorescent optical sensors (Review) (2017)
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Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are examples of future therapeutics that can be used to cure or alleviate the symptoms of disease, by repairing damaged tissue or reprogramming defective genetic information. However, despite the recent advancements in... Read More about Enhancing cell and gene therapy manufacture through the application of advanced fluorescent optical sensors (Review).

The physicochemical fingerprint of Necator americanus (2017)
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Necator americanus, a haematophagous hookworm parasite, infects ~10% of the world’s population and is considered to be a significant public health risk. Its lifecycle has distinct stages, permitting its successful transit from the skin via the lungs... Read More about The physicochemical fingerprint of Necator americanus.

Real-time measurement of the intracellular pH of yeast cells during glucose metabolism using ratiometric fluorescent nanosensors (2017)
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Intracellular pH is a key parameter that influences many biochemical and metabolic pathways that can also be used as an indirect marker to monitor metabolic and intracellular processes. Herein, we utilise ratiometric fluorescent pH-sensitive nanosens... Read More about Real-time measurement of the intracellular pH of yeast cells during glucose metabolism using ratiometric fluorescent nanosensors.

Quadruple labelled dual oxygen and pH-sensitive ratiometric nanosensors (2016)
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Nanosensors capable of simultaneously measuring dissolved oxygen concentrations from 0 to 100% saturation and pH over the full physiological range, from pH 3.5 to 7.5, that advance the methods towards understanding of key biological gradients, were s... Read More about Quadruple labelled dual oxygen and pH-sensitive ratiometric nanosensors.