Browsing Theses by Subject "drug development"
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A preclinical study of SG pseudopeptide amyloid-β inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: single molecule force spectroscopy and cell viability
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the single greatest healthcare challenges facing our society today with no treatments available that cure, prevent or slow the disease. Neurodegeneration in AD is observed alongside ... -
Prehydrated Electron and Its Role in Ionizing Radiation Induced DNA Damage and Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Halogenated Sensitizers for Radiotherapy of Cancer
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-05)Despite advances in technology and understanding of biological systems in the past two decades, modern drug discovery is still a lengthy, expensive, difficult and inefficient process with low rate of new therapeutic ...