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Bone Healing Around Implants in Normal and Medically Compromised Conditions: Osteoporosis and Diabetes

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
xx xx. ABSTRACT Osseointegration of orthopedic and dental implants is influenced by local and systemic factors, including their physicochemical surface properties and the patient's overall health status. Titanium and its alloys have been a longstanding standard for bone implants due to their innate biocompatibility and mechanical properties.
Dainelys Guadarrama Bello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Promising Viral Threat to Bacterial Resistance: The Uncertain Patentability of Phage Therapeutics and the Necessity of Alternative Incentives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Bacteriophages, or “phages,” are a category of highly adept and adaptable viruses that can infect and kill bacteria. With concerns over the burgeoning antibiotic-resistance crisis looming in recent years, scientists and policymakers have expressed a ...
Todd, Kelly
core   +2 more sources

Patient access to orphan drugs in France

open access: yesOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2019
Background Since incentives were introduced to promote orphan drugs in Europe, several dozens of drugs have been registered at the European level. However, patient access on a national level remains very heterogeneous across Europe. This can be explained
Marion Bourdoncle   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

PROFIT WINDFALL OR PATIENT WINDFALL? The Orphan Drug Act and Proposals for its Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Orphan Drug Act is a statute with a noble purpose but a controversial history. Originally designed to spur research into drugs for conditions with extremely limited patient populations,~ the Act has become a highly successful means of developing new ...
Gardner, John S.
core  

Pharmaceutical compounding of orphan active ingredients in Belgium : how community and hospital pharmacists can address the needs of patients with rare diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Pharmaceutical compounding of orphan active ingredients can offer cost-effective treatment to patients when no other drug product is available for a rare disease or during periods of drug product shortages.
Boussery, Koen   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Engineered Living Systems With Self‐Organizing Neural Networks: From Anatomy to Behavior and Gene Expression

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Ectodermal tissue excised from Xenopus embryos self‐organizes into a three‐dimensional mucociliary organoid. Here, we generate a neural variant, termed neurobot, by implanting neural precursor cells. Neurobots develop mature neurons, adopt distinct morphologies, exhibit more complex motility, and respond differentially to neuroactive compounds. Imaging
Haleh Fotowat   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current Status and Prospect of Orphan Drugs for Rare Skin Diseases in China

open access: yes罕见病研究, 2023
Rare diseases are characterized by extremely low incidence rate and small number of patients in total. The drugs used to treat rare diseases are called orphan drugs.
ZHANG Shan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Promise of Priority Review Vouchers as a Legislative Tool to Encourage Drugs for Neglected Diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Despite the intellectual property system’s success in promoting the economic well-being of the United States, this system has not achieved all socially valuable ends.
Hamming, Lesley
core   +1 more source

Engineered GM1 Intersects Between Mitochondrial and Synaptic Pathways to Ameliorate ALS Pathology

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease driven by genetic and molecular disruptions affecting energy balance, protein homeostasis, and stress responses in nerve cells. Studies using human and rodent models identified convergent defects in mitochondria and synaptic function.
Federica Pilotto   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orphan diseases and associated problems

open access: yesМедицинский вестник Юга России, 2021
Objective: to study the main aspects of assistance to children with orphan diseases in the Russian Federation. Materials and methods: the most relevant literature sources were studied that covered a concept of orphan diseases in various countries of the ...
V. A. Shashel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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