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The 10th annual meeting of the CRS Israeli Local Chapter (ICRS), “20 Years of Excellent Research and Translation,” was held in Maalot, in the north of Israel, on September
From left to right: Yechezkel (Chezy) Barenholz (Hebrew University), Phil Low (Purdue University), Alan Packard (Harvard…
This article briefly summarizes novel aspects of selected United States (U.S.) patents involving controlled release or delivery that were issued from January 1 to June 30, 2016. Patents are loosely categorized into selected subject areas, but most have potentially broader applicability. Greater…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and aviator. He lived from 1900 to 1944. He came to mind as I considered the energies and inspired work noted in this issue’s interview with Prof. Ali Khademhosseini. Saint-Exupéry shared insightful and inspiring thoughts…
Ali KhademhosseiniProf. Ali Khademhosseini is a professor of biomedical engineering and medicine at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member at the Harvard–Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Division of Health Science and Technology and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as an…
Introduction
Figure 1. Mechanistic and kinetic analysis of the model system.Food can significantly impact the bioavailability of oral drugs through multiple mechanisms including enhancement of solubility and dissolution kinetics, enhancement of permeation through the intestinal mucosa, and so on.…
Introduction
Therapeutically relevant proteins such as antibodies, growth factors, and enzymes play an increasing role in the treatment of malignant and autoimmune diseases. However, they often suffer from insufficient stability and poor bioavailability. A suitable method to increase protein…
