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In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Controlled Payload Release Using Acoustically Responsive Scaffolds

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D. Witzigmann, P. Grossen, J. Huwyler, H. Pourhassan, G. Clergeaud

Introduction Fibrin hydrogels are protein-based scaffolds frequently used in tissue engineering for delivery of bioactive payloads (e.g., growth factors). Conventional fibrin scaffolds enable very limited spatial and temporal control of payload release, especially after implantation. This is…

Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting & Exposition

Alkaline Protease Enzymen as a Biological Skin Permeation Enhancer: Breaking Down the Barrier

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Mohamed I. Nounou,a,b,c Nehal A. Ahmed,d Labiba K. El-Khordagui,b Amira Abouelfetouh Eid,e and Taha I. Zaghlould

Introduction Microorganisms are contributing to a great degree nowadays in the field of biotechnology, with increasing demand as they provide a wide range of by-products that show promising economic importance and value in many specialized branches of…

Interview: Biomaterial and Drug Delivery Focused Research with Samir Mitragotri at University of California, Santa Barbara

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Vishwas Rai and Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn

Samir Mitragotri is a prominent leader in the field of drug delivery and biomaterials. His contribution in the field of transdermal drug delivery was noticed by the community when his group successfully published the delivery of vaccines (proteins), insulin (peptides), and siRNA via skin into the…

Alkaline Protease Enzyme as a Biological Skin Permeation Enhancer: Breaking Down the Barrier

Authors:

Mohamed I. Nounou, Nehal A. Ahmed, Labiba K. El-Khordagui, Amira Abouelfetouh Eid, Taha I. Zaghlould

From the Editor: Like Moths to a Flame

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Arlene McDowell

I went to an art auction last night with the theme of moths. Why moths? A friend set up MothNet as a citizen science project to engage the public in science through discovering the beauty and importance of moths (twitter.com/mothNetNZ). I learned that most of New Zealand’s moths occur nowhere else…