Browsing by Author "Meyer, Mervin M."
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Development of nanotechnology-based drug delivery and imaging system to the white adipose tissue vasculature using Wistar Rat Model
Thovhogi, Ntevheleni (University of the Western Cape, 2013)Obesity is a complex metabolic disease of excessive fat accumulation. It is a worldwide epidemic affecting billions of people and its pharmacological management is hampered by drug toxicity and undesirable side effects. ... -
Evaluating the specancer cell targeting peptides for applications in cancer diagnostics
Mazyambe, Margaret Kena (University of the Western Cape, 2013)Cancer is a disease most often associated with poor prognosis. During the development of the disease, cells acquire genetic mutations which result in changes in bio-molecules (DNA and protein), thus altering normal ... -
Targeted delivery of embelin to cancer cells
Emjedi, Zaakiyah Z. (University of the Western Cape, 2013)Apoptosis or programmed cell death is vital to the development of organisms as they maintain the balance between cell death and cell growth. Failure to activate apoptosis has been implicated in carcinogenesis and often ...