Solé Solé, Judith (Date of defense: 2022-06-03)
Following the laws of evolution, bacteria are capable of slowly but inexorably acquiring resistance to antibiotic compounds that we have been using for decades. Therefore, bacteria that seemed harmless ...
Botteri, Gaia (Date of defense: 2018-03-14)
Diabetes represents one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century. Insulin resistance is the primary defect in the most common form of diabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), and is defined ...
Martínez Cartró, Míriam (Date of defense: 2021-10-25)
Advances in structural and molecular biology have increased the knowledge of relevant and undrugged targets and have favoured the rational development of novel drugs through structure- based ...
Suñé Pou, Marc (Date of defense: 2019-07-12)
Cationic Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (cSLNs) are one of the most promising nonviral vectors for gene therapy and DNA / RNA delivery. The aim of this thesis is the development and research of new formulations ...
Ruiz García, Marta (Date of defense: 2020-10-20)
In today’s society, people’s interest against health care is growing every day. On a health- concerned population, food supplements and nutraceuticals are products with an increasing interest among the ...
Pérez Areales, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the main neurodegenerative disorder and one of the most important health-care problems worldwide, because of its high prevalence and personal and economic impact. To aggravate ...
Amirthalingam, Ezhil (Date of defense: 2018-10-01)
This thesis has its main focus on developing multi-functional nanomaterials, that we called nano- and microtools through two different approaches, top-down to provide support and bottom up to give ...
Limón Magaña, David (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)
anostructured supramolecular hydrogels and gold nanoparticles, as two kinds of nanomaterials, were synthsized, characterized and evaluated for their potential as drug delivery systems. Two bis-imidazolium ...
Álvarez García, Daniel (Date of defense: 2014-12-18)
Computer-aided drug design is a key player in current drug discovery projects. Structure-based computational approaches use the target structural information to suggest potentially active and safe drugs. ...
Beldengrün, Yoran (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
Encapsulation of enzymes into protective matrices is of interest in drug delivery or industrial processes, to control the release of the enzyme or protect it from harsh environments. We are studying the ...