Routes of drug administration and the corresponding physicochemical characteristics of a
given route play significant roles in therapeutic efficacy and short term/long term biological …

There are many examples of bioactive proteins and peptides that would benefit from oral
delivery through functional foods, supplements, or medical foods, including hormones …

While vaccination remains the most cost effective strategy for disease prevention,
communicable diseases persist as the second leading cause of death worldwide. There is a …

To date, vaccination has become one of the most effective strategies to control and reduce
infectious diseases, preventing millions of deaths worldwide. The earliest vaccines were …

Lectins are proteins with a high degree of stereospecificity to recognize various sugar
structures and form reversible linkages upon interaction with glyco-conjugate complexes …

Most pathogens access the body through the mucosal membranes. Therefore, effective
vaccines that protect at these sites are much needed. However, despite early success with …

Oral drug administration is one of the most preferred and simplest routes among both
patients and formulation scientists. Nevertheless, orally delivery of some of the most widely …

Shigella are gram-negative bacteria that cause severe diarrhea and dysentery. In 2013,
Shigella infections caused an estimated 34,400 deaths in children less than five years old …

Oral drug administration is the preferred method for delivering medications due to its safety,
ease of ingestion, high patient compliance, absence of pain, and adaptability to a wide …

There is an urgent and unmet need to develop effective vaccines to reduce the global
burden of infectious disease in both animals and humans, and in particular for the majority of …