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Bedaquiline loaded lipid nanoparticles: a promising candidate for TB treatment

Jary D., Hibbitts A., Lozano-Fernandez T., Pérez D., Lucia A., Ainsa J.A., Codony D., Freire C., Redinger N., Schaible U., Coya Raboso J.M., Tailleux L., Navarro F., CEA-LETI, FR

Increase in antibiotic resistance is a global concern worldwide[1], with 480,000 new cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) diagnosed each year. Therefore, the goals for the Nanotherapeutics for Antibiotic Resistant Emmerging Bacterial pathogens (NAREB) research [...]

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 [...]

Development of Coating Technology for Force-Feedback Application of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Kuo W-C, Wu W., Chien T., Hu H., Chong Y., National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, TW

This research is to develop the coating technology in order to meet the disinfection and sterilization requirement for the tools package of minimally invasive surgery. In this study, the parylene coating is applied to protect [...]

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 [...]

Hydrogel Films with CNT for biosensing applications

Paloma V., Jorge C., Rodolfo E., Iberoamericana University, MX

Hydrogels have been probe to be an amazing material, we present and hydrogel that we formulated with a mix of carbopol 940 and PVA, the selection of this material is because they present a high [...]

Electrospinning of collagen with nanocapsules of PLGA for delivery of paclitaxel in drug-eluting stents

Agudelo L.M., Cornelio J.A.C., Rodriguez L.F., Ortiz I.C., Hoyos L.M., Colmenares G.J., Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, CO

Drug-eluting stents can facilitate a drug’s release directly to the specific site, but the main difficulty with drug-eluting stents is that the initial burst of drug release can extremely affect the pharmacological action and this [...]

Microwave-assisted synthesis of bioabsorbable nanoparticles to be used as reinforcement of PLGA in biomedical applications

Colmenares G.J., Ramírez M.E., Ortiz I.C., Hoyos L.M., Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, CO

Biodegradable polymers have been used in a large number of mass production applications such as packaging, paper coating, fibers, films and other disposable items, as well as in biomedical applications (Kalia & Avérous, 2011). The [...]

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 [...]

Functional Multi-layered Bio-scaffold by 3D printed and Electro spun biodegradable materials

Choi H.W., Keimyung University, KR

In paper, we are presenting a novel technology for the bio-scaffold fabrication. The fabricated scaffold is composed of 3 layers which include a 3D printed PLA in middle and electro spun nanofibers of PCL+Collagen on [...]