Published 16 Jan 2014
PNIPAM is a “smart material” which can form a thermo-responsive hydrogel. With a transition temperature in the 30’s and below body temperature, it has seen significant interest in the field of bioengineering. Potential applications are artificial muscles, wound dressings, engineered…READ MORE >
Tags: conjugates, DMF, drug, drug delivery, gel permeation chromatography
Published 4 Sep 2012
The first three years of life are extremely influential when it comes to a child’s development. Research has shown that there are “critical windows” for different mental abilities, many of which occur during that early developmental period. Once a given…READ MORE >
Tags: drug, granule, pharmaceuticals, Raman Spectroscopy
Published 5 Jul 2012
How do you make the Lincoln Memorial, the Venus de Milo, The Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China disappear? Ask a pharmaceutical formulation scientist. It is reported that around ninety percent of new chemical entities discovered by the…READ MORE >
Tags: chemical, dissolution, drug, formulation, Particle size