Polymers have been used since decades as carriers for chemotherapeutic drugs. Among the various controlled release polymer technologies PLGA [poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)] has the greatest clinical impact till date. Precisely engineered PLGA’s is the need of the hour (Figure 1). For the first time, Elizabeth Enlow and colleagues have come out with a new strategy of fabricating PLGA via th...

objective: in dental treatments, use of carriers for targeted antibiotic delivery would be optimal to efficiently decrease microbial count. in this study, gentamicin was loaded into polylactic co-glycolic acid (plga) microspheres and its release pattern was evaluated for 20 days.   methods: in this experimental study, plga microspheres loaded with gentamycin were produced by the w/o/w method. t...

BBB blood-brain barrier BMEC brain microvascular (capillary) endothelial cells CBSA cationic bovine serum albumin CdTe cadmium tellurium CTAB trimethylammonium bromide DRG dorsal root ganglia HSA human serum albumin ip intraperitoneal iv intravenous MWCNT multi-walled carbon nanotube PAMAM poly(amidoamine) PBCA polybutylcyanoacrylate PEG polyethylene glycol PLA poly(lactide) PLGA poly(lactic-co...

The ability of some microorganisms to use lactic acid stereocopolymers and copolymers with glycolic acid as sole carbon and energy sources was studied under controlled or natural conditions. First, 14 filamentous fungal strains were tested in liquid cultures, adopting total lactic acid consumption, nitrogen source exhaustion, and maximal biomass production as selection criteria. Two strains of ...

A review is given of the development of the concept of an artificial tympanic membrane. Starting with homologous tympanic membranes we compared biodegradable collagen materials (homologous and heterologous) and biodegradable synthetic materials, poly-glycolic acid, poly-lactic acid and poly-alpha-amino acids. As a non-degradable material microporous PTFE and bisphenol-A poly (carbonate) were in...

poly (lactide-co-glycolide)/bioactive glass/hydroxyapatite (pbgha) and poly (lactide-co-glycolide)/ bioactive glass (pbg) nanocomposite coatings with bone. materials and methods: sol-gel derived 58s bioactive glass nanoparticles, 50/50 wt% poly (lactic acid)/poly (glycolic acid) and hydroxyapatite nanoparticles were used to prepare the coatings. the nanocomposite coatings were characterized by ...

       The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of additives, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) 1450, poloxamer 407, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and sodium chloride in order to improve physico-chemical characteristics, encapsulation efficiency and in vitro release of bovine serum albumin, form poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microparticles prepared by the w/o/w solvent evaporation...