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Zwitterionic Polymer Surfactants for Drug Delivery

Cao Z., Wayne State University, US

Zwitterionic polymers have found a wide range of applications based on excellent non-fouling properties. It has been demonstrated that their use as surface coatings can effectively resist binding from proteins, cells, and full blood. Nanoparticles [...]

Functional Polylactide-based Systems for Delivery of Cancer Therapeutics

Cheng C., Sun H., Yu Y., Chen C-K, Cheng C., Zou J., University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, US

As an important class of biodegradable polymers, polylactides (PLAs) have been approved by FDA for clinical applications. However, conventional PLAs are lack of functionalities, and this significantly limits their applications. Therefore, in recent years we [...]

Impact of Docetaxel conjugated Nanodiamonds on Gene expression of Prostate Cancer (PC3) Cells

Cedeño Ortiz J.D., Joshi S., Singh S.R., Vig K., Alabama State University, US

Prostate cancer (PC) is the second leading cause of adult male death in the United States. This type of cancer is a disease where the prostate gland cells start to grow without control, changing in [...]

Precise Phage-navigating Metastatic Breast Cancer-targeted Paclitaxel-Micell Nanomedicines

Petrenko V.A., Torchilin V.P., Auburn University, US

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the USA. Despite the increase of relative survival rate of women with breast cancer for the last decades, it is still low (~26%, 5 years) [...]

Computation-assisted nanopore detection of uranyl ions

Roozbahani G.M, Chen X., Zhang Y., Guan X., Illinois Institute of Technology, US

Because of uranium mining, nuclear power production, nuclear weapon development, as well as other industrial and medical application, uranium has been one of the most common radioactive contaminants in the environment, which raises concerns about [...]

Titanate TiO2 Nanowire Bio-Scaffold as a Novel Sensor for Cancer Cell Differentiation

Alismail H., University of Arkansas, US

Human body cells undergo continuous division to compensate the cell loss in the body. This process is highly regulated and any abnormality can cause Cancer, which is a hot topic nowadays. Indeed, Cancer cell research [...]

Examination of the osteoconductive, antibiofilm & biomechanical properties of a PEEK-ZEOLITE composite biomaterial for intervertebral spine fusion surgery

Sankar S., Johns D.W., Crudden J.J., Difusion Technology Inc., US

Introduction: Polyether ether ketone (PEEK), a common spine biomaterial demonstrates intrinsic inertness and hydrophobic properties, thereby resulting in an inherent susceptibility to bacterial infections and reduced fusion capacity within the intervertebral space due to fibrous [...]

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