Browsing Department of Bioengineering by Author "Nguyen, Kytai Truong"
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Antimicrobial Properties Of Citric Acid Based Polymers
Su, Lee-Chun (Biomedical Engineering, 2013-03-20)A series of citric acid derived polymers synthesized in our lab were investigated and compared for their physiochemical and antimicrobial properties. We selected citric acid based polymers since citric acid is a product ... -
Biophysical assessment of single cell toxicity: diesel exhaust particle-treated human aortic endothelial cells
Nguyen, Kytai Truong; Xu, Hao; Wu, Yangzhe; Zhou, Anhong; Yu, Tian; Gilbertson, Timothy A. (PLOS (Public Library of Science)Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)Exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), a major source of traffic-related air pollution, has become a serious health concern due to its adverse influences on human health including cardiovascular and respiratory ... -
Cytotoxic Evaluation And Factorial Analysis Of 3D Photopolymerizable Thermoresponsive Composite Nanoparticle Hydrogels For Controlled Drug Delivery In Restenosis And Wound Healing
Sabnis, Abhimanyu Rajaram (Biomedical Engineering, 2007-09-17)To develop a smart drug delivery system for restenosis and wound healing applications, we investigated photopolymerizable composite nanoparticle hydrogels which can release the drug in a temperature-responsive manner. Our ... -
Cytotoxicity Evaluation Of Temperature Sensitive Poly(n-isopropylacrylamide) Nanoparticles For Drug Delivery
Wadajkar, Aniket Sharadrao (Biomedical Engineering, 2008-09-17)The objective of this research project was to develop temperature sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA) nanoparticles for drug delivery applications. These nanoparticles were formulated by a radical polymerization ... -
Development Of Gelatin Microbubble Based PLGA Scaffold For Application In Bone Tissue Engineering
Shah, Krishna M. (Biomedical Engineering, 2013-03-20)The overall goal of the study was to develop a delivery system for a potential bone tissue engineering application focusing on fabrication of gelatin microbubble (MB) based PLGA scaffolds capable of recruiting Mesenchymal ... -
Development of Magnetic-based Multi-layer Microparticles For Stem Cell Isolation, Enrichment And Detachment
Santimano, Sonia (Biomedical Engineering, 2013-03-20)Stem cells have been studied and used in several cell-based therapies for regenerative medicine, 3D tissue-engineered scaffolds, and in vitro models for drug screening and testing. For instance, cell based therapy via the ... -
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, ... -
Development Of Targeting Nanoparticles Mimicking The Adhesive Properties Of Platelets
Lin, Arthur (Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The development of biodegradable nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles presents an improved avenue for intracellular targeted drug delivery. Biodegradable nanoparticles have demonstrated an ability to provide controllable, ... -
Effects of cyclic strain and growth factors on vascular smooth muscle cell responses
Nguyen, Kytai Truong; Kona, Soujanya; Xu, Hao; Chellamuthu, Prithiviraj; Hills, Seth R. (Bentham Open Access, 2009)Under physiological and pathological conditions, vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) are exposed to different biochemical factors and biomechanical forces. Previous studies pertaining to SMC responses have not investigated ... -
Enhanced endothelialization on surface modified poly(l-lactic acid) substrates
Nguyen, Kytai Truong; Xu, Hao; Timmons, Richard B.; Deshmukh, Rajendrasing (Mary Ann LiebertDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2011)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Improved biodegradable vascular grafts and stents are in demand, particularly for pediatric patients. Poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA) is an FDA-approved biodegradable ... -
High-resolution imaging in a deep turbid medium based on an ultrasound-switchable fluorescence technique
Nguyen, Kytai Truong; Yuan, Baohong; Liu, Yuan; Alexandrakis, Georgios (American Institute of Physics (AIP)Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The spatial resolution of fluorescence imaging techniques in deep optically turbid media such as tissues is limited by photon diffusion. To break the diffusion ... -
Islet encapsulation - Strategies to enhance islet cell functions
Nguyen, Kytai Truong; Beck, Jonathan; Angus, Ryan; Madsen, Ben; Britt, David; Vernon, Brent (Mary Ann LiebertDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2007)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Diabetes is one of the most prevalent, costly, and debilitating diseases in the world. Although traditional insulin therapy has alleviated the short-term effects, ... -
Magnetic Drug Targeting: Development Of A Novel Drug Delivery System For Prostate Cancer Therapy
Rahimi, Maham (Biomedical Engineering, 2008-09-17)Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been attracting a great amount of attention because of their numerous applications including contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic targeted drug carriers, and ... -
Magnetic-based Theranostic Nanoparticles For Prostate Cancer Management
Wadajkar, Aniket Sharadrao (Biomedical Engineering, 2013-03-20)With an increasing rate of cancers, the need for effective cancer management has led to the development of theranostic systems for diagnosis and therapy. Conventional techniques for cancer management have limited success ... -
Mesenchymal stem cells as targeted cell vehicles to deliver drug-loaded nanoparticles for cancer therapy
Nguyen, Kytai Truong (OMICS Group InternationalDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2013) -
Multi-ligand Nanoparticles For Targeted Drug Delivery To The Injured Vascular Wall
Kona, Soujanya (Biomedical Engineering, 2010-11-01)Pathological conditions like coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral artery diseases as well as cardiovascular interventions used in the treatment of coronary artery diseases such as ... -
Multifunctionality of indocyanine green-loaded biodegradable nanoparticles for enhanced optical imaging and hyperthermia intervention of cancer
Nguyen, Kytai Truong; Patel, Ronak H.; Patel, Nimet L.; Kavuri, Venkaiah C.; Liu, Hanli (SPIEDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)The aim of this study was to develop and characterize multifunctional biodegradable and biocompatible poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanoparticles loaded with indocyanine green (ICG) as an optical-imaging contrast agent ... -
Nanomaterials for photo-based diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Nguyen, Kytai Truong; Menon, Jyothi Unnikrishna; Jadeja, Parth V.; Tambe, Pranjali P.; Vu, Khanh; Yuan, Baohong (IvyspringDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2013)Photo-based diagnosis and treatment methods are gaining prominence due to increased spatial imaging resolution, minimally invasive modalities involved as well as localized treatment. Recently, nanoparticles (NPs) have ... -
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 ... -
Near Infrared Quantitative Phase Imaging Of Cellular Manipulation Under Different Physio-chemical Environments
Joshi, Bipin (Biomedical Engineering, 2014-03-10)Quantitative phase imaging using Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM) is emerging as a label-free and wide-field method of characterizing cells with high spatio-temporal resolution. In parallel, silicon based micromechanical ...