Components of the blood have been proposed as potential therapeutic targets for improving cellular regeneration after injury and neurodegenerative disease. In this work, thrombin is shown to increase endogenous neural progenitor proliferation in the intact murine spinal cord. A local injection of heparin before a spinal cord injury reduces cell proliferation and astrogliogenesis associated with...

The micropipette manipulation technique is capable of making fundamental single particle measurements and analyses. This information is critical for establishing processing parameters in systems such as microfluidics and homogenization. To demonstrate what can be achieved at the single particle level, the micropipette technique was used to form and characterize the encapsulation of Ibuprofen (I...

The synthetic anti-Boophilus microplus vaccine SBm7462 derived from the tick intestinal protein, Bm86, induced a protective immune response when emulsified in saponin and used in cattle. Using a mice model, and with the objective of improving the vaccine by continual peptide release, it was encapsulated in PLGA 50:50 microspheres and inoculated in BALB/c mice to assess the immunological respons...

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(lactic-coGA) (PLGA) with low molecular weights were synthesized by a one-step polycondensation of lactic acid (LA) with glycolic acid (GA) molecules using stannous octoate as a catalyst at 160°C. A high yield ( 80%) of all the polymers was obtained in the study. The PLA and PLGA copolymers were characterized by H-NMR, GPC, and DSC measurements, etc. We elaborate...

OIC-A006 (BMPs osteogenesis compounds), can stimulate bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells ALP, OPN, OC, Cbfal expression. To stimulate new bone formation in the body. We postulate different amounts of drug microspheres on the PLGA/β-CPT scaffold can produce the effects on performance and sustained release characteristics. In this paper, through adding different amount of carrier drug microsphere...

The fabrication of bio tissues using anisotropic constructs capable repairing and/or replacing diseased remains a significant challenge in tissue engineering. Therefore, this study investigated the an PLGA-microspheres/PVA-hydrogel composite novel directional freezing-thawing (DFT) technique. DFT technique altered properties composite, such that its compressive strength improved from 14.64 ± 1....

Polymer degradation and drug release kinetics from PLGA microspheres were investigated under neutral and acidic pH conditions. Two different Mw formulations (Mw: 25,000 and 70,000) were investigated and both exhibited a triphasic release profile at pH 7.4 as well as at pH 2.4. The initial burst and lag phases were similar for both pH values, while the secondary apparent-zero-order phase was sub...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the morphology and function of a drug eluting metallic porous surface produced by the immobilization of poly lactide-co-glycolide microspheres bearing dexamethasone onto plasma electrolytically oxidized Ti-6Al-7Nb medical alloy. Spheres of 20 microm diameter were produced by an oil-in-water emulsion/solvent evaporation method and thermally immobil...

Functionalization of a porous orthopedic implant with dexamethasone, a widely used anti-inflammatory drug, encapsulated within a biodegradable polymer for controlled release could help reduce or eliminate the inflammation response by the local tissue. In this research, we investigated the possibility of using supercritical carbon dioxide (CO₂) for attaching dexamethasone-loaded PLGA (polylactic...

Injectable biomaterials alone may alter local tissue responses, including inflammatory cascades and matrix production (e.g. stimulatory dermal fillers are used as volumizing agents that induce collagen production). To expand upon the available material compositions and timing of presentation, a tunable hyaluronic acid (HA) and poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microsphere composite system was f...