Biology and medicine in the landscape of quantum advantages

BA Cordier, NPD Sawaya… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Quantum computing holds substantial potential for applications in biology and medicine,
spanning from the simulation of biomolecules to machine learning methods for subtyping …

The effects of ionising and non-ionising electromagnetic radiation on extracellular matrix proteins

RJ Tuieng, SH Cartmell, CC Kirwan, MJ Sherratt - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exposure to sub-lethal doses of ionising and non-ionising electromagnetic radiation can
impact human health and well-being as a consequence of, for example, the side effects of …

Corneocytes: relationship between structural and biomechanical properties

AS Évora, MJ Adams, SA Johnson… - Skin pharmacology and …, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Skin is the interface between an organism and the external environment, and
hence the stratum corneum (SC) is the first to withstand mechanical insults that, in certain …

Microneedle arrays for drug delivery and diagnostics: toward an optimized design, reliable insertion, and penetration

V Ebrahiminejad, PD Prewett… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the past two decades, microneedles have been extensively studied for transdermal
delivery of drug or vaccines and for bio‐fluid extraction. Microneedle‐based devices consist …

NRF2 in dermatological disorders: Pharmacological activation for protection against cutaneous photodamage and photodermatosis

S Kahremany, L Hofmann, A Gruzman… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The skin barrier and its endogenous protective mechanisms cope daily with exogenous
stressors, of which ultraviolet radiation (UVR) poses an imminent danger. Although the skin …

Wireless, skin‐interfaced devices for pediatric critical care: application to continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring

C Liu, JT Kim, SS Kwak… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Indwelling arterial lines, the clinical gold standard for continuous blood pressure (BP)
monitoring in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), have significant drawbacks due to their …

Retinal protective effect of curcumin metabolite hexahydrocurcumin against blue light-induced RPE damage

YH Lin, SJ Sheu, W Liu, YT Hsu, CX He, CY Wu… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease of retinal pigment
epithelium (RPE) cells. We have previously demonstrated that blue light can damage RPE …

Effect of collagen degradation on the mechanical behavior and wrinkling of skin

P Chavoshnejad, AH Foroughi, N Dhandapani… - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
Chronological skin aging is a complex process that is controlled by numerous intrinsic and
extrinsic factors. One major factor is the gradual degradation of the dermal collagen fiber …

Systematic evaluating and modeling of SARS-CoV-2 UVC disinfection

S Freeman, K Kibler, Z Lipsky, S Jin, GK German… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic has necessitated evaluating various disinfection
technologies for reducing viral transmission in public settings. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation can …

222-nm UVC light as a skin-safe solution to antimicrobial resistance in acute hospital settings with a particular focus on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

A Panzures - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance necessitates a novel approach to disinfect
multidrug resistant pathogens. Conventional 254-nm ultraviolet-C (UVC) light shows high …