Marine cyanobacterial biomass is an efficient feedstock for fungal bioprocesses.

Background: Marine cyanobacteria offer many sustainability advantages, such as the ability to fix atmospheric CO, very fast growth and no dependence on freshwater for culture. Cyanobacterial biomass is a rich source of sugars and proteins, two essential nutrients for culturing any heterotroph. However, no previous study has evaluated their application as a feedstock for fungal bioprocesses.

Bio-mediated synthesis of 5-FU based nanoparticles employing orange fruit juice: a novel drug delivery system to treat skin fibrosarcoma in model animals.

Nano-sized drug delivery systems (NDDS) have been widely exploited to achieve targeted delivery of pharmaco-materials. Traditional pharmaceutical approaches, implied in the synthesis of nano-formulations, are obscure owing to the incompatible physico-chemical properties of the core drug as well as some other factors crucial in development of NDDS. Infact, most of the existing methods used in development of NDDS rely on usage of additives or excipients, a special class of chemicals.

Angiotensin (1-7) facilitates cardioprotection of ischemic preconditioning on ischemia-reperfusion-challenged rat heart.

Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is one of the most promising strategies used to protect the myocardium from ischemia-reperfusion injury. Ang (1-7) exhibits cardioprotective activity; however, its therapeutic potential on IPC-induced cardioprotection has not been reported in ischemia-reperfusion injury till date. Therefore, the first set of experiment was designed to evaluate the direct effect of Ang (1-7), in perfusion medium, on cardioprotective activity of IPC in rat heart challenged to ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Comparison of the linear dimensional accuracy of the maxillary denture teeth by three flask closure methods. An in vitro study.

Purpose: This laboratory study conducted to evaluate and compare the influence of different flask closure methods on linear dimensional changes of standardized simulated maxillary complete dentures.

Materials And Methods: Thirty casts were made from a silicone mold representing an edentulous maxillary arch. Thirty identical maxillary dentures were made and randomly assigned to 3 test groups (A, B, C).

Techniques for dental implant nanosurface modifications.

Purpose: Dental implant has gained clinical success over last decade with the major drawback related to osseointegration as properties of metal (Titanium) are different from human bone. Currently implant procedures include endosseous type of dental implants with nanoscale surface characteristics. The objective of this review article is to summarize the role of nanotopography on titanium dental implant surfaces in order to improve osseointegration and various techniques that can generate nanoscale topographic features to titanium implants.