The antimicrobial drug chloramphenicol (CAM) exhibits activity against resistant bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However, its use has been limited due to its toxicity. As the threat of antibiotic resistance continues to grow, a promising approach might be to increase the use of historical antimicrobial agents that demonstrate clinical efficacy, but are hampered ...

Oncolytic peptides represent a novel, promising cancer treatment strategy with activity in a broad spectrum of cancer entities, including colorectal cancer (CRC). Cancer cells are killed by immunogenic cell death, causing long-lasting anticancer immune responses, a feature of particular interest in non-immunogenic CRC. Oncolytic peptides DTT-205 and DTT-304 were administered by intratumoral injection ...

Skin injuries represent an important health problem that needs to be managed properly in order to avoid serious consequences in terms of morbidity, disability and life quality. The current focus in wound therapy is on upholding the moisture balance in the wound bed and protection against pathogenic invasion. Wound dressings in a form of hydrogels incorporating antimicrobials, such as the antibiotic ...

Polymerbaserte resiner har i dag erstattet amalgam som tannfyllingsmateriale. Kvikksølv, en hovedkomponent i amalgam, har negative miljøeffekter og har antatte skadelige effekter på pasienter og tannlegepersonell. Norge innførte 1. januar 2008 forbud mot all bruk av kvikksølv i produkter. Samtidig har studier vist at innholdsstoffer og nedbrytingsprodukter kan lekke fra de polymerbaserte ...

Innledning. Den revmatiske pasienten får ofte livslang legemiddelbehandling for sin kroniske sykdom. Behovet for legemiddelinformasjon er stort. Hensikt. Hensikten med studien var å undersøke pasientenes erfaringer med legemiddelinformasjon ved revmatologiske avdelinger på utvalgte sykehus i Norge. Studien søkte å finne ut hvem som ga informasjon, hvor tilfredse pasientene var med den, ...

Background - Emergency department (ED) pharmacists reduce medication errors and improve quality of medication use. Patient perceptions and experiences with ED pharmacists have not been studied. The aim of this study was to explore patients’ perceptions of and experiences with medication-related activities in the ED, with and without an ED pharmacist present.<p> <p>Methods - We conducted 24 ...

Enkelte kroniske inflammatoriske sjukdommar er kjent å disponere for utvikling av kreft. Ettersom fleire COX-2 hemmarar har synt kjemoterapeutisk effekt er det skapt stor interesse kring PGE2 si generelle rolle, og relevans i høve til kreft. PGE2 regulerer ei rekkje cellulære prosessar gjennom binding til fire prostaglandin E reseptorar (EP reseptorar). Matriks metalloproteinsar (MMPar) er ei gruppe ...

Recent studies regarding mucosal drug delivery indicate that nanosystems with surface-available polyethylene glycol (PEG) are able to penetrate mucus barrier, assure closer contact with the epithelium, and improve drug delivery to vagina. In the present work, we developed the mucus-penetrating PEGylated liposomes containing interferon alpha-2b (IFN α-2b), destined to provide localized therapy for ...

Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are persistent man-made chemicals, ubiquitous in nature and present in human samples. Although restrictions are being introduced, they are still used in industrial processes as well as in consumer products. PFAAs cross the blood-brain-barrier and have been observed to induce adverse neurobehavioural effects in humans and animals as well as adverse effects in neuronal in ...

Objectives To characterize the CTX-M-15-encoding plasmid in a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST17 strain, responsible for an outbreak at a Norwegian neonatal intensive care unit and subsequent colonization of affected children for up to two years. To identify plasmid-mediated features relevant for the outbreak dynamics, and to investigate the plasmids capability of horizontal transfer, its segregational ...