Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "gene delivery"
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Biointerface Topography for Enhanced Nonviral Gene Delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-11)Substrate-mediated nonviral gene delivery (SMD) represents a burgeoning area of interest in the field of tissue engineering due to its potential to facilitate localized transfection while providing the scaffolding for ... -
Design, Characterization and Application of Amphipathic Peptides for siRNA Delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are 21-23 nucleotide-long double-stranded RNA molecules that can trigger the RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi is a post-transcriptional gene silencing process whereby siRNAs induce the ... -
Stearylated Peptides for Therapeutic siRNA Delivery and Their Cellular Uptake Mechanisms
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-15)Small interfering RNA (siRNA) shows great potential as a powerful tool in gene therapy, due to its ability to regulate gene expression in a highly selective manner. siRNA is a double-stranded RNA consisting of 21–23 ...