Aim The aim of this paper is to provide a succinct literature review of the different clinical
applications for AMT usage in an ophthalmic setting, ranging from commonly used …

Water is essential for all living organisms, for animals as well as for plants and micro-
organisms. For these latter, the presence of water or a humid environment with a high air …

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Drying to equilibrium with the air is lethal to most species of animals and plants, making
drought (ie, low external water potential) a central problem for terrestrial life and a major …

Freeze-drying is the preferred method for stabilizing live, attenuated virus vaccines. After
decades of research on several aspects of the process like the stabilization and …

Diapause entails molecular, physiological and morphological remodeling of living animals,
culminating in a dormant state characterized by enhanced stress tolerance. Molecular …

In this review we analyze the dormancy strategies of metazoans inhabiting “hostile to life”
habitats, which have a strong impact on their ecology and in particular on the traits of their …

Cryptobiosis describes the state of an organism whose body water is completely dehydrated
and metabolic activity has become undetectable. Our study aimed to elucidate the …

Recent work on anhydrobiosis in invertebrates is reviewed. I introduce definition and
classification of cryptobiosis, and review the distinctive features and extremely high stress …

Abstract Concentrated 3% and 6.5% anionic nanofibrillar cellulose (ANFC) hydrogels were
introduced as matrix reservoirs for controlled delivery applications of small molecules and …