liposome
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈlaɪpəˌsoʊm/
- Specialized
:
liposoma
- Liposomes are often used to deliver medicine directly into cells for more effective treatment.
- liposome bupivacaine
- administration of liposome
And it's more than we get if we use IFA or liposomes as carriers.
- And it's more than we get if we use IFA or liposomes as carriers.
Examples
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Thanks to the antibodies, the liposomes would attach to the sites of angiogenesis.
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Liposome bupivacaine is a prolonged-release formulation of bupivacaine approved for intraoperative administration at the surgical site for postsurgical analgesia.
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And it's more than we get if we use IFA or liposomes as carriers.
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Impact of liposome bupivacaine on the adequacy of pain management and patient experiences following aesthetic surgery:
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The results revealed that this liposome had a higher transfection rate in osteoblastic cell lines than in the 294T line.
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However, the disadvantage of liposomes is that they can't target specific cell types.
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CONCLUSION: In this particular subject population, liposome bupivacaine was associated with low pain intensity scores and reduced opioid consumption compared with the investigators' previous experiences.
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Before surgical closure, liposome bupivacaine (266 mg) was administered via infiltration into the surgical site.
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The instrument can separate and size proteins and their aggregates, liposomes, viral particles, polymer latex particles, humic and fulvic acids, and many other samples.
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At 300–350 nm across, the coated liposomes qualified—metrically speaking—as nanoparticles.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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7.9
A small sac in living things that holds fluid
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
liposome = lipid (semi-transparent) = lipo + some
The combining forms signal a relation to lipids and a 'body' unit, but the specialized biomedical sense 'microscopic vesicle' is technical and not fully predictable by general learners.
Etymology
Liposome comes from two Greek parts: lipo- meaning 'fat' and -some meaning 'body'. So a liposome is like a tiny 'fat body' or bubble that can carry medicine or other substances into cells.