Background: Currently, wearable sensors significantly impact health care through continuous monitoring and event prediction. The types and clinical applications of wearable technology for the prevention of mental illnesses, as well as associated health authority rules, are covered in the current review.
Summary: The technologies behind wearable ECG monitors, biosensors, electronic skin patches, neural interfaces, retinal prosthesis, and smart contact lenses were discussed.
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The leave paste of the plant, Eupatorium glandulosum H. B & K, has been traditionally used to treat cuts and wounds by the tribal community of the Nilgiris district of Tamilnadu, India.
Aim Of The Study: The present study was carried out to investigate the wound healing potential of this plant extract and the compound, 1-Tetracosanol, isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction.
The present research reports the beneficial effects of surface modified chitosan and tumor-homing peptide conjugated liposomes of capecitabine (CAP) for treating breast cancer. Liposomal formulation of CAP was prepared by film hydration method using cholesterol-THP conjugate (CTHP-CAP-LPs) to achieve active targeting through HER2 receptors. CTHP-CAP-LPs significantly improved the specificity and efficacy of CAP by improving cell uptake, cytotoxicity and tumor regression in tumor bearing mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present study, we have formulated a liposomal formulation of cytotoxic agent capecitabine (CAP) to overcome its bioavailability issues. Then we have surface modified CAP loaded liposomes (CAP-LPs) with a tumour homing peptide (THP-CAP-LPs) to achieve site specific delivery to breast cancer cells. We found a significant cellular internalization of THP-CAP-LPs when compared to unmodified CAP-LPs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Metallothionein (MT) is a protein which has several interesting biological effects and has been demonstrated increase focus on the role of MT in various biological systems in the past three decades. The studies on the role of MT were limited with few areas like apoptosis and antioxidants in selected organs even fifty years after its discovery. Now acknowledge the exploration of various isoforms of MT such as MT-I, MT-II, MT-III and MT-IV and other isoforms in various biological systems.
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July 2010
Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained attention in recent years as they demonstrate the features and characters of hydrogels and nanoparticles at the same time. In the present study chitosan and carrageenan have been used, as hydrogel nanoparticles of mercaptopurine are developed using natural, biodegradable, and biocompatible polymers like chitosan and carrageenan. As these polymers are hydrophilic in nature, the particles will have a long life span in systemic circulation.
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