Sentences with phrase «drug release»

That's a problem for proposed medical techniques using targeted light to control drug release.

A light - activated drug delivery system is particularly promising, because it can accomplish spatial and temporal control of drug release.

A light - activated drug delivery system for chemotherapy is particularly promising, because it can accomplish spatial and temporal control of drug release.

Farokhzad and colleagues have considerable expertise with bench - to - bedside translation of nanotechnologies for medical applications, and foundational work done in part by his team has led to the development and first in human testing of a targeted nanoparticle capable of controlling drug release for treatment of cancers, and the first in human testing of a targeted nanoparticle vaccine capable of orchestrating an immune response to facilitate smoking cessation and relapse prevention.

In the initial prototype, a battery - powered time - release mechanism will dispense the medications, but ultimately the researchers hope to incorporate chemical sensors that will trigger drug release in response to changes in the wound.

«Precise control of PLG microsphere size provides enhanced control of drug release rate.»

A Chemistry undergraduate at the University of York has helped to develop a new drug release gel, which may help avoid some of the side effects of painkillers such as ibuprofen and naproxen.

A repertoire of peptide tags for controlled drug release from injectable noncovalent hydrogel.

As a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Ameer studied with biotech pioneer Robert Langer, who created a technique to control drug release with specially developed plastics.

Light of specific wavelengths causes the nanoparticles to assemble and disassemble on demand, allowing the dynamic organization of the nanoparticles for smart in vitro drug release.

They found that when arthritis was more severe, the locally injected hydrogel degraded more rapidly corresponding to increased drug release.

So Deyu Li of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues have developed a more forceful drug release system: a capsule with a drug - ejecting piston that is driven by a tiny solid - fuel rocket motor (Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol 159,...

Inflammation - directed drug release offers «judicious use of locally injected drug» that extends the release for months while eliminating systemic toxicity.»

Dr Mainak Majumder from the Faculty of Engineering said because graphene droplets change their structure in response to the presence of an external magnetic field, it could be used for controlled drug release applications.

Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, the study combines uniquely designed molecules and light - dependent drug release, which may provide a new platform to enhance the effect of anticancer therapeutics.

In addition, we have developed long - lasting, drug releasing microparticles to prevent scleral remodeling in glaucoma.

A prototype contact lens for sustained drug release consisting of a thin drug - PLGA film coated with pHEMA could be used as a platform for ocular drug delivery with widespread therapeutic applications.

Our proprietary technologies provide customized drug release, format and dose flexibility, and taste - masking for oral drugs.

The new weight loss drugs released in the last year (such as Belviq), have now been reclassified as weight maintenance drugs.

The quality of these coatings controls drug release rates and OCT could help quantitatively analyze the thickness uniformity of these coatings and check for defects.

He's here to win money in order to pay for his young daughter Katey's Zombrex treatment, Zombrex being the new drug released to suppress the effects of zombie bites in newly infected victims.

Because of their unique properties such as monodispersity, large surface area and high drug loading efficiency, silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been developed for a vast array of biomedical uses such as optical imaging, cancer therapy, targeted drug delivery and controlled drug release for genes and proteins.

The rate of drug release was controlled by changing either the ratio of drug to PLGA or the molecular mass of the PLGA used.

These materials are used primarily in the biomedical area as diagnostic tools in membranes, coatings, microcapsules, implants for applications of short or long - range and systems of controlled drug release.

Pharmaceutical equivalence means two drugs release the active ingredient into the bloodstream at the same amount and same rate.

We thought that we could use some of our work in biomaterials for medical applications and controlled drug release to help heal those wounds.»

And by absorbing the same light that triggers the drug release, the gold nanoparticles could also heat the cancer cells, providing a double punch.

By tailoring the surface of nanoparticles with water - absorbing polymers containing near - infrared responsive components, the drug release could be performed in vivo.

By immediately blocking bursts in the lateral habenula, the drug releases the reward areas from those strong signals.

When the gel was incubated in synovial fluid from a healthy human joint, drug release was minimal, but when incubated in synovial fluid from a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, the drug was readily released from the hydrogel.

«The hydrogel is designed so that drug release is triggered by the activity of specific, arthritis - related enzymes that are increased during flares.

Drug release may come by a volume increase, changes in pH, or temperature.

«We expect to use our tweezers to manipulate biological cells and molecules at single - molecule resolution, to control drug release and to study the cell - cell interaction.

Nanotechnology has the potential to satisfy these requirements if some of its intrinsic shortcomings can be solved: rapid uptake of nanocarriers by RES and the toxicity as a result, and drug release outside the tumor, especially the early burst release when the fast drug release is coupled with high blood... more»

''... researchers have created assemblies of nanowires that show potential in applications such as armor, flame - retardant fabric, bacteria filters, oil cracking, controlled drug release, decomposition of pollutants and chemical warfare agents.»

Large pharmaceutical companies earn billions of dollars every year by the drugs they release into the market.