Quorum quenching nanoparticles against wound pathogens - A scoping review.

Introduction: Quorum sensing (QS) enables bacteria to coordinate colony-wide activities, including those associated with infections. Quorum quenching (QQ) inhibits QS and is a promising method for controlling bacterial infections. Several In vitro experiments have been conducted to identify nanoparticles (NPs) as potential quorum quenching inhibitors.

Anti-diabetic and anti-microbial activity of aspalathus linearis and syzygium aromaticum formulation mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles.

Introduction: Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) exhibit a wide range of biomedical applications majorly used as antiinflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, and anti-microbial activity and other biomedical applications because they show less toxicity and are very compatible. Zinc metal is an inorganic and essential element in the human body at the trace level. ZnO NPs are also GRAS substances (Generally Recognized As Safe).

Types of Medication Non-adherence & Approaches to Enhance Medication Adherence in Mental Health Disorders: A Narrative Review.

Background: Medication non-adherence (MNA) presents a significant obstacle that negatively impacts treatment effectiveness in mental health disorders. The objective of this review is to study different types of MNA and interventions designed to enhance medication adherence among individuals with mental health disorders.

Methods: We conducted an electronic search on PubMed and Google Scholar using keywords such as adherence, non-adherence, compliance, non-compliance, mental health disorders, psychotropic drugs, major depressive disorder (MDD), schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and bipolar disorders (BD).

Protein-Protein Interactions Visualized by Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation in Arabidopsis thaliana Protoplasts from Leaf.

Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) is a powerful tool for studying protein-protein interactions in living cells. By fusing interacting proteins to fluorescent protein fragments, BiFC allows visualization of spatial localization patterns of protein complexes. This method has been adapted to a variety of expression systems in different organisms and is widely used to study protein interactions in plant cells.

Microvesicle-eluting nano-engineered implants influence inflammatory response of keratinocytes.

Besides enhancing osseo- and soft tissue integration, modulating inflammation at the implant site is also crucial for dental implant success. Uncontrolled peri-implant inflammation can cause significant loss of surrounding tissue and implant failure. It was recently shown that microvesicles (MVs), a less-studied type of extracellular vesicles, play a crucial role in cell-to-cell communication and may modulate angiogenesis and inflammatory response.