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Between Freud and Umbanda: Therapeutic constellations in Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Routledge, 2020)
Focusing on the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, and emphasizing folk perceptions over public discourse, this article shows the complexities inherent to the concept of therapeutic culture, as well as the ...
Galectins as Novel Regulators of Platelet Signaling and Function: Therapeutic Implications
(American Chemical Society Inc, 2013)
Platelet activation at sites of vascular injury leads to the formation of a hemostatic plug and is crucial for hemostasis. However, uncontrolled platelet activation may lead to the formation of occlusive thrombi. Several ...
Frontotemporal dementia and potential therapeutics.
(Nova Science Publishers, 2017)
Memory impairment due to aging and various memory disorders represent a great medical challenge to our society. Since the publication of the fifth volume of this collection, the rapid progress in the research fields of ...
Individualizing Dosage Regimens of Antineoplastic Agents
(Elsevier, 2017)
There are still a number of limitations to the full use of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) to optimize chemotherapy in oncology. Probably the most important ones arise from the conservatism of clinical practice and the ...
Metallic nanoparticles as a strategy for the treatment of infectious diseases
(Elsevier, 2019)
Improving the performance and efficiency of medicines is one of the most promising contributions that nanotechnology is able to make, enabling the development of novel therapeutic and diagnostic strategies. Among the huge ...
Modulation of P75NTR/PRONGEF as a therapeutic approach for degenerative retinopathies
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018)
This chapter describes the experimental validation of neurotrophins / neurotrophin receptors as therapeutic targets for the treatment of retinal neurodegenerative disorders. Neuropathies often have inflammatory or vascular ...
Methods to Investigate signal transduction pathways in Trypanosoma cruzi: Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases assay protocols
(Springer, 2020)
Intracellular levels of cyclic nucleotide second messengers are regulated predominantly by a large superfamily of phosphodiesterases (PDEs). Most of the different PDE variants play specific physiological functions; in fact, ...
Multifunctional scaffolds for bone tissue engineering and in situ drug delivery
(Woodhead Publishing, 2013)
This chapter provides an overview about the development of bone tissue engineering scaffolds with capability for the controlled delivery of therapeutic drugs. Typical drugs considered include gentamicin and other antibiotics ...
Innovative technological systems to optimize the delivery and therapeutic activity of antimicrobial drugs
(Academic Press, 2020)
Microbial diseases (induced by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa) constitute biggest challenges in modern medicine, causing a broad spectrum of infectious diseases of variable morbidity. The World Health Organization ...
Therapeutics and Vaccines Against Pathogenic Escherichia coli
(Springer, 2016)
Diarrheagenic E. coli continues to be an important pathogen causing significant illness in animals and humans. Despite the fact that considerable investigations have been done following the initial discovery of enterotoxigenic ...