Developing Viable Carriers for Bioactive Molecules Using Biopolymers

Developing Viable Carriers for Bioactive Molecules Using Biopolymers

In life sciences, many technological problems have known solutions, but what prevents them from being practical is the lack of successful means of administration. Treatments for malnutrition and cancer are notable examples. The commonality between possible solutions for these two conditions is the need for a carrier that is capable of maintaining stable architecture while releasing what it enca...

Developing Techniques for the Utilization of Planctomycetes As Producers of Bioactive Molecules

Planctomycetes are conspicuous, ubiquitous, environmentally important bacteria. They can attach to various surfaces in aquatic habitats and form biofilms. Their unique FtsZ-independent budding cell division mechanism is associated with slow growth and doubling times from 6 h up to 1 month. Despite this putative disadvantage in the struggle to colonize surfaces, Planctomycetes are frequently ass...

Bioactive Ceramics as Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Carriers

Prediction of New Bioactive Molecules using a Bayesian Belief Network

Natural products and synthetic compounds are a valuable source of new small molecules leading to novel drugs to cure diseases. However identifying new biologically active small molecules is still a challenge. In this paper, we introduce a new activity prediction approach using Bayesian belief network for classification (BBNC). The roots of the network are the fragments composing a compound. The...

Targeted Brain Delivery of Bioactive Molecules Using Nanocarriers

The brain is the center of the nervous system and an integral part of the body acting as a major regulating and conveying organ to maintain the body’s homeostasis in response to changes in both the external and internal surroundings. Brain consists of approximately 100 billion neurons and 1 trillion glial cells [1]. The connection between two neurons is known as synapse, which are responsible f...