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A Thermoresponsive and Magnetic Colloid for 3D Cell Expansion and Reconfiguration (2014)
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Saunders, B. R., Gould, T., Saeed, A. O., Francini, N., White, L., Dixon, J. E., …Shakesheff, K. M. (2015). A Thermoresponsive and Magnetic Colloid for 3D Cell Expansion and Reconfiguration. Advanced Materials, 27(4), 662-668. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201403626

A dual thermoresponsive and magnetic colloidal gel matrix is described for enhanced stem-cell culture. The combined properties of the material allow enzyme-free passaging and expansion of mesenchymal stem cells, as well as isolation of cells postcult... Read More about A Thermoresponsive and Magnetic Colloid for 3D Cell Expansion and Reconfiguration.

Camptothecin prodrug block copolymer micelles with high drug loading and target specificity (2014)
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Khan, A. R., Magnusson, J. P., Watson, S., Grabowska, A. M., Wilkinson, R. W., Alexander, C., & Pritchard, D. (2014). Camptothecin prodrug block copolymer micelles with high drug loading and target specificity. Polymer Chemistry, 5(18), 5320-5329. doi:10.1039/c4py00369a

The clinical efficacy of cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of cancer is often hampered by poor pharmacodynamics and systemic toxicity. Here, we describe the design and synthesis of a new PEG-based system for the delivery of the cytotoxic camptothecin... Read More about Camptothecin prodrug block copolymer micelles with high drug loading and target specificity.

Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling (2014)
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Magennis, E. P., Fernandez-Trillo, F., Sui, C., Spain, S. G., Bradshaw, D., Churchley, D., …Alexander, C. (2014). Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling. Nature Materials, 13(7), 748-755. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3949

The detection and inactivation of pathogenic strains of bacteria continues to be an important therapeutic goal. Hence, there is a need for materials that can bind selectively to specific microorganisms for diagnostic or anti-infective applications, b... Read More about Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling.

Programmed assembly of polymer–DNA conjugate nanoparticles with optical readout and sequence-specific activation of biorecognition (2014)
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Magnusson, J. P., Alexander, C., Fernández-Trillo, F., Sicilia, G., & Spain, S. G. (2014). Programmed assembly of polymer–DNA conjugate nanoparticles with optical readout and sequence-specific activation of biorecognition. Nanoscale, 6(4), 2368-2374. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr04952c

Soft micellar nanoparticles can be prepared from DNA conjugates designed to assemble via base pairing such that strands containing a polymer corona and a cholesterol tail generate controlled supramolecular architecture. Functionalization of one DNA c... Read More about Programmed assembly of polymer–DNA conjugate nanoparticles with optical readout and sequence-specific activation of biorecognition.

Multimodal Polymer Nanoparticles with Combined 19F Magnetic Resonance and Optical Detection for Tunable, Targeted, Multimodal Imaging in Vivo (2014)
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Rolfe, B. E., Blakey, I., Squires, O., Peng, H., Boase, N. R., Alexander, C., …Thurecht, K. J. (2014). Multimodal Polymer Nanoparticles with Combined 19F Magnetic Resonance and Optical Detection for Tunable, Targeted, Multimodal Imaging in Vivo. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(6), 2413-2419. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja410351h

Multiplexing Spheroid Volume, Resazurin and Acid Phosphatase Viability Assays for High-Throughput Screening of Tumour Spheroids and Stem Cell Neurospheres (2014)
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Alexander, C., Ivanov, D. P., WALKER, D., Parker, T. L., GARNETT, M., Ashford, M. B., & Gellert, P. R. (2014). Multiplexing Spheroid Volume, Resazurin and Acid Phosphatase Viability Assays for High-Throughput Screening of Tumour Spheroids and Stem Cell Neurospheres. PLoS ONE, 9(8), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103817

Three-dimensional cell culture has many advantages over monolayer cultures, and spheroids have been hailed as the best current representation of small avascular tumours in vitro. However their adoption in regular screening programs has been hindered... Read More about Multiplexing Spheroid Volume, Resazurin and Acid Phosphatase Viability Assays for High-Throughput Screening of Tumour Spheroids and Stem Cell Neurospheres.