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Preparation and characterisation of PHT-loaded chitosan lecithin nanoparticles for intranasal drug delivery to the brain by Yousfan, Amal, Rubio, Noelia, Natouf, Abdul Hakim, Daher, Aamal, Al-Kafry, Nedal, Venner, Kerrie, Kafa, Houmam

“…The use of nanoparticles (NPs) for intranasal (IN) drug delivery to the brain represents a hopeful strategy to enhance brain targeting of anti-epileptic drugs…”
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Translocation of LRP1 targeted carbon nanotubes of different diameters across the blood–brain barrier in vitro and in vivo by Kafa, Houmam, Wang, Julie Tzu-Wen, Rubio, Noelia, Klippstein, Rebecca, Costa, Pedro M., Hassan, Hatem A.F.M., Sosabowski, Jane K., Bansal, Sukhvinder S., Preston, Jane E., Abbott, N. Joan, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T.

“…Brain glioblastoma and neurodegenerative diseases are still largely untreated due to the inability of most drugs to cross the blood–brain barrier (BBB)…”
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Magnetically Decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Dual MRI and SPECT Contrast Agents by Wang, Julie Tzu-Wen, Cabana, Laura, Bourgognon, Maxime, Kafa, Houmam, Protti, Andrea, Venner, Kerrie, Shah, Ajay M., Sosabowski, Jane K., Mather, Stephen J., Roig, Anna, Ke, Xiaoxing, Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf, de Rosales, Rafael T. M., Tobias, Gerard, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T.

“…Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are one of the most promising nanomaterials to be used in biomedicine for drug/gene delivery as well as biomedical imaging. This study…”
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The interaction of carbon nanotubes with an in vitro blood-brain barrier model and mouse brain in vivo by Kafa, Houmam, Wang, Julie Tzu-Wen, Rubio, Noelia, Venner, Kerrie, Anderson, Glenn, Pach, Elzbieta, Ballesteros, Belén, Preston, Jane E, Abbott, N. Joan, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T

“…Abstract Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a novel nanocarriers with interesting physical and chemical properties. Here we investigate the ability of…”
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Polyethylene Glycol Conjugated Polymeric Nanocapsules for Targeted Delivery of Quercetin to Folate-Expressing Cancer Cells in Vitro and in Vivo by El-Gogary, Riham I, Rubio, Noelia, Wang, Julie Tzu-Wen, Al-Jamal, Wafa’ T, Bourgognon, Maxime, Kafa, Houmam, Naeem, Muniba, Klippstein, Rebecca, Abbate, Vincenzo, Leroux, Frédéric, Bals, Sara, Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf, Kamel, Amany O, Awad, Gehanne A. S, Mortada, Nahed D, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T

“…In this work we describe the formulation and characterization of chemically modified polymeric nanocapsules incorporating the anticancer drug, quercetin, for…”
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Synthesis of double-clickable functionalised graphene oxide for biological applications by Mei, Kuo-Ching, Rubio, Noelia, Costa, Pedro M, Kafa, Houmam, Abbate, Vincenzo, Festy, Frederic, Bansal, Sukhvinder S, Hider, Robert C, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T

“…Azide- and alkyne-double functionalised graphene oxide (Click(2) GO) was synthesised and characterised with attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform…”
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Functionalised LRP1 targeted carbon nanotubes across the blood-brain barrier in vitro and in vivo after intravenous injection by Wang, Julie, Kafa, Houmam, Rubio, Noelia, Bansal, Sukhvinder, Festy, Frederic, Sosabowski, Jane, Abbott, Joan, Al-Jamal, Khuloud

“…Abstract Despite extensive research in drug development, brain cancer is still lacking an efficacious cure due to the inability to deliver current therapeutics…”
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Kinetics of functionalised carbon nanotube distribution in mouse brain after systemic injection: Spatial to ultra-structural analyses by Wang, Julie T.-W., Rubio, Noelia, Kafa, Houmam, Venturelli, Enrica, Fabbro, Chiara, Ménard-Moyon, Cécilia, Da Ros, Tatiana, Sosabowski, Jane K., Lawson, Alastair D., Robinson, Martyn K., Prato, Maurizio, Bianco, Alberto, Festy, Frederic, Preston, Jane E., Kostarelos, Kostas, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T.

“…Earlier studies proved the success of using chemically functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWNTs) as nanocarriers to the brain. Little insight into…”
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Organic Solvent-Free, One-Step Engineering of Graphene-Based Magnetic-Responsive Hybrids Using Design of Experiment-Driven Mechanochemistry by Mei, Kuo-Ching, Guo, Yukuang, Bai, Jie, Costa, Pedro M, Kafa, Houmam, Protti, Andrea, Hider, Robert C, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T

“…In this study, we propose an organic solvent-free, one-step mechanochemistry approach to engineer water-dispersible graphene oxide/superparamagnetic iron oxide…”
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The interaction of amino-functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes with the blood-brain barrier in vitro and brain delivery to mouse brain in vivo by Kafa, Houmam

“…The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of the brain by regulating the flux of molecules into the brain parenchyma…”
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Production of Water-Soluble Few-Layer Graphene Mesosheets by Dry Milling with Hydrophobic Drug by Rubio, Noelia, Serra-Maia, Rui, Kafa, Houmam, Mei, Kuo-Ching, Pach, Elzbieta, Luckhurst, William, Zloh, Mire, Festy, Frederic, Richardson, Jonathan P, Naglik, Julian R, Ballesteros, Belén, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T

“…A novel, fast, and easy mechano-chemistry-based (dry milling) method has been developed to exfoliate graphene with hydrophobic drugs generating few-layer…”
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Correction to “Production of Water-Soluble Few-Layer Graphene Mesosheets by Dry Milling with Hydrophobic Drug” by Rubio, Noelia, Serra-Maia, Rui, Kafa, Houmam, Mei, Kuo-Ching, Pach, Elzbieta, Luckhurst, William, Zloh, Mire, Festy, Frederic, Richardson, Jonathan P, Naglik, Julian R, Ballesteros, Belén, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T

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Magnetically Decorated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Dual MRI and SPECT Contrast Agents by Wang, Julie Tzu-Wen, Cabana, Laura, Bourgognon, Maxime, Kafa, Houmam, Protti, Andrea, Venner, Kerrie, Shah, Ajay M, Sosabowski, Jane, Mather, Stephen J, Roig, Anna, Ke, Xiaoxing, Tendeloo, Gustaaf Van, de Rosales, Rafael T M, Tobias, Gerard, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T

“…Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been proposed as one of the most promising nanomaterials to be used in biomedicine for their applications in drug/gene delivery as…”
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Contrast Agents: Magnetically Decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Dual MRI and SPECT Contrast Agents (Adv. Funct. Mater. 13/2014) by Wang, Julie Tzu-Wen, Cabana, Laura, Bourgognon, Maxime, Kafa, Houmam, Protti, Andrea, Venner, Kerrie, Shah, Ajay M., Sosabowski, Jane K., Mather, Stephen J., Roig, Anna, Ke, Xiaoxing, Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf, de Rosales, Rafael T. M., Tobias, Gerard, Al-Jamal, Khuloud T.

“…Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylinder‐structured nanomaterials composed of rolled‐up graphene sheets. G. Tobias, K. T. Al‐Jamal, and co‐workers…”
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تطوير وتقييم جسيمات الكيتوزان النانوية المحملة بمادة الفنتوئين والمصنعة بطرائق صياغة مختلفة للتطبيقات المضادة للصرع والإيصال الأنفي by Abdul Hakim Natouf, Houmam Kafa, Amal Yousfan

“…تم الاهتمام بالجسيمات النانوية البوليمرية في السنوات الأخيرة كأنظمة دوائية واعدة للتوصيل عبر المخاطيات الحيوية والاستهداف الدماغي متضمنة جسيمات الكيتوزان لما…”
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