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Development of keratin nanoparticles for controlled gastric mucoadhesion and drug release
Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2018 BackgroundNanotechnology-based drug delivery systems have been widely used for oral and systemic dosage forms delivery depending on the mucoadhesive interaction, and keratin has been applied for biomedical applications and drug delivery.
Zhongjun Cheng +8 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Human cytomegalovirus infection is common in normal prostate epithelium, prostate tumor tissue, and prostate cancer cell lines. CMV promotes cell survival, proliferation, and androgen receptor signaling. Anti‐CMV pharmaceutical compounds in clinical use inhibited cell expansion in prostate cancer models in vitro and in vivo, motivating investigation ...
Johanna Classon +13 more
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Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2023 The fabrication of starch-based nanocomposites is regarded as a sustainable method of manufacturing ecologically favourable packaging materials in addition to their better gaseous barrier attribute over starch films.
Olarewaju M. Oluba +4 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Delayed chest closure (DSC) is widely performed during the treatment of congenital heart diseases. However, the high prevalence of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing DSC affects prognosis negatively. Herein, we designed a suturable poly
Yanjun Pan +5 more
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Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2019 Keratin, a natural biomaterial derived from wool or human hair, has the intrinsic ability to interact with different types of cells and the potential to serve as a controllable extracellular matrix that can be used a scaffold for tissue engineering.
Che-Wei Lin +5 more
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Intraoral Drug Delivery: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Industrial Innovations
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Intraoral drug delivery offers a promising route for systemic and localized therapies, yet challenges such as enzymatic degradation, limited permeability, and microbial interactions hinder efficacy. This figure highlights innovative strategies—mucoadhesive materials, enzyme inhibitors, and permeation enhancers—to overcome these barriers.
Soheil Haddadzadegan +4 more
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Visible light crosslinkable human hair keratin hydrogels
Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, 2018 Keratins extracted from human hair have emerged as a promising biomaterial for various biomedical applications, partly due to their wide availability, low cost, minimal immune response, and the potential to engineer autologous tissue constructs. However,
K. Yue +12 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Biopolymers are sustainable, biodegradable alternatives to petroleum‐based plastics for food packaging. Its adoption is often limited by poor mechanical strength, barrier properties, and improved thermal stability through the incorporation of nanofillers.
Himakshi Baishya +2 more
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Optimizing the Extraction of Keratin from Cattle Hoof Using Central Composite Design
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022 Cattle hoofs are abundantly available by-product sources of organic material from the slaughterhouse. It can be successfully converted into keratin protein. Keratin extracted using alkali hydrolysis has a better conservancy of keratin structure.
Kelem Tiessasie Yilma +6 more
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Alternative Methods of Preparation of Soluble Keratin from Chicken Feathers
, 2017 Huge amount of keratinous waste, especially birds’ feathers, demands more value-added application instead of dumping. The present work reports the results of experiments aimed at preparing soluble keratin useful for novel bioproduct formation. The effect
I. Sinkiewicz +3 more
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