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How Realistic Are the Scientific Assumptions of the Neuroenhancement Debate? Assessing the Pharmacological Optimism and Neuroenhancement Prevalence Hypotheses

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Since two decades, neuroenhancement is a major topic in neuroethics and still receives much attention in the scholarly literature as well as in public media. In contrast to high hopes at the beginning of the “Decade of the Brain” in the United States and
Stephan Schleim   +2 more
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Smart drugs are as a dangerous model of psychoactive substance use [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная зарубежная психология, 2021
When examining the factors of the use of psychoactive substances (PAS) by young people, recreational consumption has traditionally been studied. The second well-known causal model to examine psychoactive substances was its interpretation as a way of ...
Rychkova O.V.
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Blockchain-Based Verifiable Tracking of Resellable Returned Drugs

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
An enormous amount of drug supply is regularly wasted due to several reasons related to incorrect prescription, purchase of unnecessary quantities, drug intolerance, allergy, or interactions.
Mazin Debe   +3 more
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Smart Contact Lenses for Biosensing Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, 2021
Smart contact lenses have emerged as novel wearable devices. Due to their multifunctional biosensing capabilities and highly integrated performance, they provide a great platform for the diagnosis of eye diseases and the delivery of drugs.
Xin Ma   +19 more
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Smart Nanovesicles for Drug Targeting and Delivery [PDF]

open access: yesPharmaceutics, 2019
Nanovesicles are highly-promising and versatile systems for the delivery and/or targeting of drugs, biomolecules and contrast agents [...]
Carlotta Marianecci, Maria Carafa
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Cognitive-enhancing drugs in the healthy population: Fundamental drawbacks and researcher roles

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2015
The use of pharmacological cognitive enhancers (PCEs) in the healthy population is a controversial topic with numerous and expansive repercussions. By outlining common proponent arguments on the current PCE state of affairs, the definition of normality ...
Tsee Leng Choy
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Smart nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy and toxicity studies: A review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Research, 2019
Nonspecific distribution and uncontrollable release of drugs in conventional drug delivery systems (CDDSs) have led to the development of smart nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems, which are also known as Smart Drug Delivery Systems (SDDSs).
Sarwar Hossen   +5 more
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Hepatitis B Virus-X Downregulates Expression of Selenium Binding Protein 1

open access: yesViruses, 2020
Selenium binding protein 1 (SELENBP1) has been known to be reduced in various types cancer, and epigenetic change is shown to be likely to account for the reduction of SELNEBP1 expression. With cDNA microarray comparative analysis, we found that SELENBP1
Young-Man Lee   +3 more
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In vivo retention of poloxamer-based in situ hydrogels for vaginal application in mouse and rat models

open access: yesActa Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2017
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the in vivo retention capabilities of poloxamer-based in situ hydrogels for vaginal application with nonoxinol-9 as the model drug.
Yu Liu   +6 more
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A smart viral vector for targeted delivery of hydrophobic drugs

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Targeted delivery of hydrophobic chemotherapeutic drugs to tumor cells remains a fundamental problem in cancer therapy. Effective encapsulation of hydrophobic drugs in nano-vehicles can improve their pharmacokinetics, bioavailability and prevent off ...
Sukanya Ghosh, Manidipa Banerjee
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