Polymers

06/26/2012 - "To our best knowledge, this work is the first to use systemically administrated conductive polymer nanoparticles for highly effective in vivo PTT treatment in animals and encourages further explorations of those organic nanomaterials for cancer theranostic applications."
12/01/2014 - "Stimuli-responsive polymers are an important component for preparation of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems with less side effects and improved efficacy for cancer treatment. "
04/09/2012 - "Benefiting from many desirable features of hyperbranched double hydrophilic block copolymers such as enhanced biocompatibility, increased water solubility, and drug loading efficiency as well as improved clearance of the polymer after drug release, we believe that double hydrophilic block copolymer will provide a versatile platform to develop excellent drug delivery systems for effective treatment of cancer."
05/01/2008 - "These implants, also termed "polymer millirods," were designed to provide optimal drug release kinetics to improve drug delivery efficiency and antitumor efficacy when treating unresectable tumors. "
06/01/2000 - "Tumor cytotoxicity revealed that the polymer was very effective against the human SCCs O11, FADU, and UM- SCC1 in vitro. "

02/01/2008 - "Therefore it is proposed that controlling these variables should make it possible to obtain therapeutic levels of drugs released from drug loaded polymer, which may be beneficial in treating oral infections."
10/01/2008 - "Hence, the formation of complex between NT and gamma CyD and effective combination with polymers attain a bioadhesive and sustained release formulation of NT suitable for vaginal delivery and the effective treatment of Candida infections."
06/01/2010 - "Nanosilver disinfectant sprays and polymer coatings are being widely promoted as protective against viral infections. "
06/01/2000 - "The results of this study suggest that these novel bioresponsive antimicrobial polymers or similar analogs show promise for use in the control of medical device associated infections."
09/01/2004 - "The aim of these studies were to covalently bind furanones to polymers and to test their efficacy for inhibiting biofilm formation of Staphylococcus epidermidis and in vivo infection rate. "

08/01/2015 - "Transfection efficiency was evaluated by assessing the p53 gene expression in C6 rat glioma cells and cell death was quantified to be 96% by flow cytometry, thus establishing the high efficacy of this polymer. "
01/01/2003 - "Intracerebral implantation of biodegradable polymers loaded with cytotoxic or radiosensitising nucleoside analogues is a promising treatment strategy for malignant gliomas, which are currently intractable. "
04/01/2010 - "The purpose of our study was to evaluate the application of thermoreversible gelation polymer (TGP) as a local drug delivery system for malignant glioma. "
04/01/2000 - "We also summarise the clinical trials and laboratory investigations leading to the development of local delivery of anti-neoplastic agents from biodegradable polymers for the treatment of malignant gliomas."
11/01/2015 - "Cell Membrane Perforation with Photosensitizer and a Brush-shaped Soft-polymer Sheet Using a Malignant Glioma Cell Line."

09/01/2014 - "The incorporation of CNTs into polymer scaffolds displays a variety of structural and chemical enhancements, some of which include: increased scaffold strength and flexibility, improved biocompatibility, reduction in cancerous cell division, induction of angiogenesis, reduced thrombosis, and manipulation of gene expression in developing cells. "
09/01/2006 - "In the in vivo study, the six animals treated with tPA polymers had a mean (+/- standard error of the mean [SEM]) thrombus volume of 1.43 +/- 0.29 mm3 at 3 days, whereas the six animals treated with blank (BSA-only) polymers had a mean (+/- SEM) thrombus volume of 19.99 +/- 3.74 mm3 (p < 0.001). "
01/01/1983 - "An acute canine ex-vivo femoral A-V shunt technique was used to study thrombus formation and embolization on a number of porous and non-porous polymer surfaces over a one-hour blood contact period. "
11/01/2015 - "Thrombosis was significantly reduced by pre-treating naive baboon serum with Gal polymer and not observed when this serum was infused to GTKO PCA recipients. "
10/27/2015 - "Spectroscopic thrombus aspirate analysis showed persistence of intracoronary polymer fragments in case 1. "

01/10/2015 - "Using topical application of polymer-encapsulated GW, we revealed that different drug release profiles can significantly influence the therapeutic efficacy of GW and consequently diabetic wound closure. "
08/01/2014 - "Which risk factors of sternal wound dehiscence should be considered to evaluate the efficacy of water-soluble polymer wax for sternal healing?"
07/01/2013 - "Synthesis of multifunctional bioresponsive polymers for the management of chronic wounds."
02/01/2013 - "Use of modified superabsorbent polymer dressings for protease modulation in improved chronic wound care."
01/01/2015 - "This study involves the characterization of these nanofibers and analysis of cell growth and proliferation to determine the efficiency of tissue regeneration on these biocomposite polymer nanofibrous scaffolds and to study the possibility of using it as a potential wound dressing material in the in vivo models. "