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Hugh Smyth

Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, College of Pharmacy, The …
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[HTML][HTML] Physicochemical properties of mucus and their impact on transmucosal drug delivery

J Leal, HDC Smyth, D Ghosh - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2017 - Elsevier
Mucus is a selective barrier to particles and molecules, preventing penetration to the epithelial
surface of mucosal tissues. Significant advances in transmucosal drug delivery have …

The influence of formulation variables on the performance of alternative propellant-driven metered dose inhalers

HDC Smyth - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
There are a multitude of formulation factors to consider when developing a pMDI. Evaluation
of each of these variables has been performed over the years, but there has been an …

Challenges and future prospects for the delivery of biologics: oral mucosal, pulmonary, and transdermal routes

…, JT McConville, MR Prausnitz, HDC Smyth - The AAPS journal, 2017 - Springer
Biologic products are large molecules such as proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, etc., which
have already produced many new drugs for clinical use in the last decades. Due to the …

Physical characterization of component particles included in dry powder inhalers. I. Strategy review and static characteristics

…, HM Mansour, MJ Telko, Z Xu, HDC Smyth… - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
The performance of dry powder aerosols for the delivery of drugs to the lungs has been
studied extensively in the last decade. The focus for different research groups has been on …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial activity of iron oxide, iron nitride, and tobramycin conjugated nanoparticles against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

…, NC Cook, DL Huber, TC Monson, HDC Smyth… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Novel methods are necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality of patients
suffering from infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Being the most common infectious …

Controlled release pulmonary administration of curcumin using swellable biocompatible microparticles

IM El-Sherbiny, HDC Smyth - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2012 - ACS Publications
This study involves a promising approach to achieve sustained pulmonary drug delivery. Dry
powder particulate carriers were engineered to allow simultaneous aerosol lung delivery, …

[BOOK][B] Controlled pulmonary drug delivery

HDC Smyth, AJ Hickey - 2011 - books.google.com
The pace of new research and level of innovation repeatedly introduced into the field of
drug delivery to the lung is surprising given its state of maturity since the introduction of the …

Delivery and therapeutic applications of gene editing technologies ZFNs, TALENs, and CRISPR/Cas9

JS LaFountaine, K Fathe, HDC Smyth - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, several new genome editing technologies have been developed. Of these
the zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosolizable lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary delivery of mRNA through design of experiments

H Zhang, J Leal, MR Soto, HDC Smyth, D Ghosh - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Messenger RNA is a class of promising nucleic acid therapeutics to treat a variety of
diseases, including genetic diseases. The development of a stable and efficacious mRNA …

Influence of size and surface roughness of large lactose carrier particles in dry powder inhaler formulations

MJ Donovan, HDC Smyth - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2010 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of both carrier particle size and surface
roughness on the aerosol performance of dry powder formulations. Two morphologically …