Drug sensitivity testing, a unique drug selection strategy

Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Drug Sensitivity Testing

Au Nanoparticle Loaded with 6-Thioguanine Anticancer Drug as a New Strategy for Drug Delivery

In this study we suggested a new strategy for drug delivery of 6-thioguanine (6-TG) as a cancer drug by loading of this thiolic drug at a surface of Au nanoparticles. For this goal, we synthesized Au nanoparticle (Au/NPs) by reduction of tetrachloroauric (III) acid solutions by sodium borohydride and characterized Au/NPs by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), dynamic light scattering (DLS), Ultravi...

Drug - Drug Solid Dispersion: A Unique Approach in Solubility Enhancement

Over 40% of active pharmaceutical ingredients in development are poorly water soluble drugs which limit formulation approaches, clinical application and marketability because of their low dissolution and bioavailability. Solid dispersion has been considered one of the major advancements in overcoming these issues with several successfully marketed products. Extensive review of the literature in...

A strategy for drug discovery

Acid fuels the motion of a threaded ring A central goal in the construction of molecular-scale machines is the efficient achievement of oneway motion. Erbas-Cakmak et al. developed a class of machines that transmit pH changes into the two-stage guided motion of molecular rings threaded on a linear or cyclic axle. The design relies on temporary blocking groups and landing sites along the axle th...

Analytical Method Selection for Drug Product Dissolution Testing

Introduction Dissolution is a characterization test commonly used by the pharmaceutical industry to guide formulation design and control product quality. Often, it is a required performance test for solid dosage forms,transdermal patches,and suspensions. It is also the only test that measures the rate of in vitro drug release as a function of time, which can reflect either reproducibility of th...