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- 1Ahmed, M
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- 1Fitzsimmons, Ross
- 1Graves, Brian M
- 1Incani Ramirez, Vanessa
- 1Jawanda,Manraj S
- 2Uludag, Hasan (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Dr. Lingyun Chen (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Lavasanifar, Afsaneh (Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
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Carbohydrate and Phosphorylcholine based Polymers Prepared by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization for Gene Therapy
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The study provides a comprehensive account on the development of novel synthetic carbohydrate and phosphorylcholine polymer based gene delivery vectors. Since the development and use of first non-viral vector for gene delivery applications, a wide range of polymers have been synthesized and...
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Characterization of Particulate Matter Morphology and Volatility for Two Direct-Injection Engines
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Particulate matter emitted from two direct injection engines has been characterized by morphology, volatility, mass-mobility exponent, effective density, and size distribution using tandem measurements from a centrifugal particle mass analyzer (CPMA) and differential mobility analyzers (DMA). The...
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Hyperbranched Phosphorylcholine Polymers Synthesized via RAFT Polymerization for Gene Delivery and Synthesis of an Elastomeric Conductive Polymer for Cardiovascular Applications
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Gene therapy has the potential to treat a variety of hereditary diseases such as diabetes, peanut anaphylaxis, cystic fibrosis and different types of cancer. Gene therapy relies on the design of a delivery system which can carry a gene of interest into a cell. The delivery systems can be broken...
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Spring 2011
This thesis explores the capabilities of cationic polymers modified with lipids of different carbon chain length to deliver DNA molecules to primary cells and transformed cell lines. Our studies focus on two different polymers: polyethylenimine (PEI) and poly(L-lysine) (PLL). Firstly, PEI and PLL...
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Spring 2014
Gene delivery is an emerging therapy for treatment of many different diseases and conditions, with the first therapy recently approved for clinical use. This thesis investigates non-viral carriers for gene delivery for bone regeneration, with an emphasis on the mechanisms of plasmid DNA (pDNA)...
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Introduction of Competition in Regulated Markets: Analysis of Colombia’s Natural Gas Industry
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This dissertation deals with the introduction of competition in regulated industries such as natural gas. The thesis focuses on the recently developed Colombian natural gas market and uses a more mature market, the deregulated gas market existing in the province of Alberta, Canada, as a benchmark...
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Spring 2019
Synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides containing unmethylated CpG motifs (CpG ODNs) are powerful stimulators of innate and adaptive immune responses, exerting their activity through the interaction with endolysosomal Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) expressed by antigen presenting cells (APCs). The strong...
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Spring 2012
The following thesis describes original studies assessing the gene delivery efficacy of novel non-viral carrier combinations. The first panel of non-viral carriers tested are termed AVPs (artificial viral particles), in reference to their structural similarity to enveloped viruses, and were...