Dry powder inhalation therapy has been effective in treating localized lung diseases such
asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), cystic fibrosis and lung infections …

The bioavailability of organic compounds to bacterial cells is crucial for their vital activities.
This includes both compounds that are desirable to the cells (eg, sources of energy, carbon …

Limited bioavailability of antibiotics is an urgent problem in the treatment of microbial
infections. To increase transport of nitrofurantoin (NFT) into the bacterial cells the proposed …

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of saponins-rich plant extract on two model
biological membranes: phospholipid monolayers and liposomes. The Langmuir monolayer …

Plasma membrane mimetics can potentially play a vital role in drug discovery and
immunotherapy owing to the versatility to assemble facilely cellular membranes on surfaces …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different geometry have been demonstrated to provide
significant advantages in enhancing cellular uptake and improving the efficacy of …

Increasing antibiotic resistance has provoked the urgent need to investigate the interactions
of antimicrobials with bacterial membranes. The reasons for emerging antibiotic resistance …

Advancing our understanding of the mechanism of the interaction between inhaled pollutant
microparticles and cell membrane components is useful to study the impact of fine …

The membrane of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contains penicillin-
binding proteins (PBPs) in the phospholipidic bilayer, with the protein PBP2a being linked …

The field of soft matter teems with molecules and aggregates of molecules that have internal
size-modulating degrees of freedom. Proteins, peptides, microgels, polymers, micelles, and …