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Drug Delivery - news, views, blogs

Drug delivery is the method or process of administering a pharmaceutical compound to achieve a therapeutic effect in humans or animals.  Drug delivery technologies are patent protected formulat...

Salmonella newport

Salmonella in humans Salmonella bacteria cause food poisioning, typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever. More than 2500 different strains of salmonella have been identified.  Anyone can get salmo...

A Revolution in Ocular Genetics

Dr. Alex Levin from the Wills Eye Institute explains how the field of ocular genetics might change the future for patients with hereditary disease. Medscape Ophthalmology

Encouraging results from Ocular Therapeutix's travoprost Phase II trial on glaucoma

Following encouraging results from Ocular Therapeutix's travoprost punctum plug feasibility study, the company is now entering a pilot Phase II clinical trial to examine a two-month sustained release...

Progressive ocular inflammation following anti-tubercular therapy for presumed ocular tuberculosis in a high-endemic setting

Progressive ocular inflammation following anti-tubercular therapy for presumed ocular tuberculosis in a high-endemic setting Eye advance online publication, March 1 2013. doi:10.1038/eye.201...

Ocular Inflammation and a Neglected Neck Mass

A man presents with a long-neglected mass and ocular symptoms. What is the diagnosis?

Variability in IOP in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension

How often should intraocular pressure measurements be taken in patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension? Does timing matter? The British Journal of Ophthalmology

Ocular Complications of HIV/AIDS in the Era of HAART

What types of ocular diseases could potentially present in patients with HIV/AIDS on HAART? This new report explains. Expert Review of Ophthalmology

pSivida intravitreal insert wins German marketing authorization

The Federal Ministry of Health of Germany has granted marketing authorization to pSivida for injectable, sustained-release intravitreal insert, Iluvien, designed as a treatment for vision impairment a...

Ocular Fluids Analyzed for Infectious Pathogens

The measurement of the genomic DNA of ocular infectious pathogens in ocular fluids has been analyzed and correlated with the...

Intraoperative anaphylaxis associated with bacitracin irrigation.

Purpose Three cases of severe anaphylactic reactions associated with prophylactic bacitracin irrigation during cardiac procedures are describe. Summary In all three cases, bacitracin irrigation was co...

Bacitracin-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity.

Bacitracin-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe(3) O(4) ) nanoparticles were prepared by click chemistry and their antibacterial activity was investigated. After functionalization with hydrophi...

Relationship between Endogenous Protein Disulfide Isomerase Family Proteins and Glutenin Macropolymer.

The effects of endogenous protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family proteins on the properties of gluten proteins in dough during breadmaking were determined using bacitracin, an inhibitor of PDI. Brea...

Bacitracin and nisin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: a novel pathway involving the BraS/BraR two-component system (SA2417/SA2418) and both the BraD/BraE and VraD/VraE ABC transporters.

Two-component systems (TCSs) are key regulatory pathways allowing bacteria to adapt their genetic expression to environmental changes. Bacitracin, a cyclic dodecylpeptide antibiotic, binds to undecapr...

Recurrent dissociation of the tibial insert after mini-subvastus posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty: A case report.

We report here on an unusual case of recurrent dissociation of a polyethylene tibial insert from its metal baseplate after high-flex posterior-stabilized (PS) Genesis II total knee arthroplasty with u...