Developments and future prospects of personalized medicine in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma diagnoses and treatments.

Background: Precision healthcare has entered a new era because of the developments in personalized medicine, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). This paper explores the dynamic landscape of personalized medicine as applied to HNSCC, encompassing both current developments and future prospects.

Recent Findings: The integration of personalized medicine strategies into HNSCC diagnosis is driven by the utilization of genetic data and biomarkers.

Sustainable mining of natural vein graphite via acid-extraction from waste attached to rock pieces of vein banks.

A procedure based on acid extraction using a mixture of conc. sulfuric and nitric acids (8:1) to recover graphite attached to rock pieces of the vein contact zones of graphite mines, is developed as a sustainable mining practice. When the extracted graphite is heated at 600 °C for 15 min, it is converted to a highly expanded form resembling worm-like structures.

Nanoplatforms: The future of oral cancer treatment.

Background And Aims: Cytotoxicity is a key disadvantage of using chemotherapeutic drugs to treat cancer. This can be overcome by encapsulating chemotherapeutic drugs in suitable carriers for targeted delivery, allowing them to be released only at the cancerous sites. Herein, we aim to review the recent scientific developments in the utilization of nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for treating oral malignancies that can lead to further improvements in clinical practice.

Low-Cost Perovskite Solar Cell Fabricated using the Expanded Graphite Back Contact and Electronically Conducting Activated Carbon as the Hole Transporting Material.

Although perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have reached a record high conversion efficiency of 25.7%, the materials used to fabricate them invoke costly hole-transporting materials, such as spiro-OMeTAD, and expensive gold back contacts. The cost of fabrication of a solar cell or any other practical device is an important issue in their practical applications.

Comparison of Antibacterial Activity of Nanocurcumin with Bulk Curcumin.

The development of antibacterial compounds using natural products, particularly nano-sized antibacterial products, has been intensively investigated in recent years. This study was conducted to compare the antibacterial activity of nanocurcumin with bulk curcumin against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Curcumin was extracted from turmeric rhizome using the Soxhlet extraction with ethanol.

Development of a chemical-free floatation technology for the purification of vein graphite and characterization of the products.

A novel and simple flotation technique has been developed to prepare high-purity graphite from impure graphite. In this method, a suspension of pristine powdered graphite (PG) is dispersed and stirred in water without adding froth formers or supportive chemicals. This makes fine particles of graphite move upwards and float on water.

Formulation of Iron Oxide and Oxy-hydroxide Nanoparticles from Ilmenite Sand through a Low-Temperature Process.

In our previous publication, we published a simple, low-cost, and environmentally friendly process for the breaking down of the ilmenite lattice using rotary autoclaving, separation of titanium and iron components, and the conversion of the titanium component to amorphous TiO and phase-specific titanium dioxide nanorods. Here, the separated iron component was converted into iron oxide (magnetite and hematite) and iron oxy-hydroxide (akaganeite, β-FeOOH) nanoparticles. The process flow diagram is presented to explain the steps involved.