Browsing Theses and Dissertations(library) by Author "Hong, Yi"
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Development of Mussel Inspired Nanocomposite Adhesives for Biomedical Applications
Pandey, Nikhil; 0000-0002-6560-6893Popular bioadhesives, such as fibrin, cyanoacrylate and albumin–glutaraldehyde-based materials, have been applied for clinical applications in wound healing, drug delivery, and bone and soft tissue engineering; however, ... -
Engineering Elastic and Functional Electrospun Nano-Fibers for Potential Heart Repair
Taylor, Alan Mark (2022-08-17)In the United States and around the world, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been one of the main causes of death since 1921, responsible for approximately 1 in 4 deaths domestically. Myocardial infarction (MI), or commonly ... -
Examination Of The Effects of Confined Migration on Androgen Resistant Prostate Cancer And Potential Treatment Option for Drug Resistant PC3 Cells with Calcitriol
Hills, Emily Torrey Ann (2020-05-04)When localized to the prostate, prostate cancer (PCa) has a near 100% 5-year survival rate, however, when prostate cancer metastasizes the survival rate drastically drops to around 30%. The low death rate of primary PCa ... -
NANOSTURCTURED BIOMATERIALS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION AND REPAIR
Punnakitikashem, Primana (2016-09-16)Nanostructured materials have been explored in biomedical field especially in tissue engineering over a past decade. This type of material can be processed into biomaterial scaffolds; revealed many advantages to be used ... -
NATURALLY-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATERIALS FOR MENISCUS REPAIR AND REGENERATION
Wu, Jinglei; 0000-0001-9549-3992Human meniscus plays critical roles in a knee joint by transmitting weight-bearing force, absorbing shock, and stabilizing the knee joint capsule. Meniscal injuries are mainly caused by sports-related activities and ... -
PREPARATION OF DUAL FLUORESCENCE AGENTS-LOADED NANOPARTICLE AND ITS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO APPLICATION
Vu, Hong-Hao Thi (2018-12-07)There’re many existing imaging tools that composed of different imaging moieties to improve both resolution and sensitivity, however there’s not yet any imaging method that could be effectively utilized in both in vitro ... -
RATIONAL DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYURETHANE BASED BIOMATERIALS
Xu, Cancan; 0000-0001-6597-2562 (2018-12-04)Biodegradable polyurethanes have been applied in biomedical field since 1960s. In recent years, biodegradable polyurethanes have been widely investigated for tissue repair and regeneration because of their good mechanical ... -
Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles for treatment of lung cancer
Iyer, Roshni (2018-12-06)Despite extensive research and progress in anti-cancer therapeutics, an effective treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains elusive, resulting in poor 5-year patient survival rate. Towards this end, we have ... -
Synthesis and Application of Porphyrinated Latex Particles for Photodynamic Therapy
Bui, Brian Quang; 0000-0002-6963-4779 (2016-08-26)Photodynamic Therapy is a cancer treatment that requires a photosensitizer to reach a tumor in order to be excited by electromagnetic radiation sources so that the cancer killing agents such as Singlet Oxygen can be ...