Browsing Pharmacy by Subject "Pharmacy"
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5-HT7 Receptor Neuroprotection against Excitotoxicity in the Hippocampus
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-11)Introduction and Objectives: The PDGFβ receptor and its ligand, PDGF-BB, are expressed throughout the central nervous system (CNS), including the hippocampas. Several reports confirm that PDGFβ receptors are neuroprotective ... -
Assessing Medication Adherence in Older Adults with Memory Concerns in a Primary Care-Based Memory Clinic
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-02)There is an increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment in the rapidly ageing population. Cognitive impairment has been shown to be a unique barrier to medication adherence in older adults coupled with an increased number ... -
Characterization of counterion effects of gemini surfactants and in vitro studies of transfection efficiency for gene therapy in epithelial ovarian cancer.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-23)Gene therapy has emerged as a promising strategy for the treatment or prevention of many acquired or genetic diseases that are considered incurable at the present time. Although viral and non-viral vector approaches are ... -
Characterization of gemini nanoparticle assembly by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)Research in the field of non-viral gene delivery has demonstrated that a deeper understanding of the fundamental processes of nanoparticle assembly is required in order to improve their efficacy. While gemini nanoparticles ... -
Consequences of a lack of adult intravenous data on the prediction accuracy of pediatric physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-22)Lack of pediatric clinical data has led to a large gap in knowledge concerning drug efficacy, safety and dosing guidelines within the pediatric population. Many pediatric off-label doses are based largely on adult studies ... -
Construction and Characterization of a Fine-Tuned Lytic Phage Display System
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-15)Bacteriophage (phage) Lambda (λ) has played a key historic role in driving our current understanding of molecular genetics. The lytic nature of this bacterial virus along with the conformation of its wild-type capsid protein ... -
Construction and Characterization of a Robust in vivo Technology for the Production of Superior DNA Vectors for Gene Therapy and Vaccination
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Plasmid DNA (pDNA) vectors are the current conventional technology driving therapeutic gene transfer, whether for use toward mal/nonfunctional gene replacement, DNA vaccination, or production of therapeutic proteins in ... -
Design, construction and characterization of LysK endolysin display phage against Staphylococcus aureus
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-04)The growing threat of drug- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections mandates the need to develop novel, effective and alternative antibacterial therapeutics. Despite infection prevention and control measures, ... -
Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 2,4-Disubstituted Pyrimidine Derivatives: Multifunctional Candidates as Potential Treatment Options for Alzheimer’s Disease
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a highly complex and rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the systemic collapse of cognitive function and formation of dense amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary ... -
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel tricyclics as dual cholinesterase (ChE) and amyloid aggregation inhibitors with antioxidant properties
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-12)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease affecting the cholinergic region of the brain. Its prevalence is steadily increasing and it is becoming one of the highest costing diseases to modern society. ... -
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Tacrine-Based Derivatives: Potential Agents to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)With the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) growing worldwide and in Canada along with the growing economic and social burdens, the need for more effective therapies becomes of great importance. Since the discovery of ... -
Development of a correlation based and a decision tree based prediction algorithm for tissue to plasma partition coefficients
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-29)Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a tool used in drug discovery and human health risk assessment. PBPK models are mathematical representations of the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of an organism. ... -
Effect of Gemini Surfactants on Amyloid Beta Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive dementia affecting cognition, behavior, and functional status and there is no cure which exists for it. In AD, Amyloid Beta (Aβ) peptides form aggregates that are neurotoxic in the ... -
Evaluating Nutraceuticals for Selective Toxicity Toward Leukemia Stem Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-22)Targeting leukemia stem cells (LSCs) is critical to improving the poor outcome of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. Nutraceuticals (i.e., food derived bioactive compounds) provide a wealthy resource for novel ... -
Evaluating the anti-leukemia activity of avocatin B
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-15)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive malignant disease characterized by poor patient outcome and suboptimal front-line chemotherapy. To identify novel anti-AML compounds, a high-throughput screen of a natural ... -
Evaluating the Usability of a Medication Organizing Tool on Home Medication Management - A Proof-of-Concept Experiment
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-20)Background: Chronic disease and medication self-management is a life-long process in which patient self-efficacy plays an important role in determining success. Efforts to improve self-management have traditionally focused ... -
Glucopsychosine increases cytosolic calcium to induce calpain-mediated apoptosis of acute myeloid leukemia cells.
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-20)To identify novel anti-cancer agents, we created and screened a unique nutraceutical library for activity against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. From this screen, we determined that glucopsychosine was selectively ... -
Identifying signaling differences between GPCR-induced growth factor receptor transactivation and direct ligand activation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-01)Growth factor receptors have significant effects on various normal function of body such as cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. They are also involved in neuronal function and dysfunction, cardiovascular ... -
Identifying the mechanism of Aβ42 inhibition of PDGF-BB signalling
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)Alzheimer’s disease is a late-onset neurological disorder characterized by extracellular aggregates of Aβ plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphoryated tau protein resulting in neuronal dysfunction, cognitive ... -
Investigating the neuroprotective potential of short-term 5-HT7 receptor activation against neuronal excitotoxicity
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-05)The pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia or acute ischemic stroke involves what is called neuronal "excitotoxicity", where an initial failure in intracellular energy metabolism causes excessive pre-synaptic glutamate release ...