Browsing Other - Bioscience Research Institute (BRI) by Author "Athlone Institute of Technology"

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    • Development of dental implants with antimicrobial activity 

      Mulry, Aoife; Kealey, Carmel; Brady, Damien; Gately, Noel (Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
      Planktonic bacteria are capable of forming biofilms, which are described as microbial aggregates embedded within a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and are found attached to abiotic or biotic surfaces ...

    • Estimating the frequency of genomic polymorphisms associated with meat quality in Irish beef cattle 

      Quigley, Katie; O'Kane, Lyndsey; Kearney, Francis; Hall, Thomas J.; MacHugh, David E.; Mullen, Michael P. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
      The calpain (CAPN) and calpastatin (CAST) genes play significant roles in meat tenderness (Casas et al., 2005). Identification and estimation of the frequency of DNA mutations involved in meat tenderness would not only ...

    • An investigation into the effect of hyaluronic acid (HLA) polymer size on neuronal and glial cell viability and attachment 

      Buckley, Ciara; Major, Ian; Montgomery, Therese R. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2019-06)
      HLA is a human endogenous biopolysaccharide discovered by Karl Meyer in 1938, in the vitreous humour of bovine eyes and is a key component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) found in every cell type in the body. It is ...

    • The medicinal properties of Irish honey 

      Browne, Emma; Kavanagh, Siobhán; Devery, Sinead (Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
      Manuka honey is an internationally recognized honey licensed as a medicinal product for wounds1 . Medicinal honeys are often used in hospitals for partial thickness burns2 to surgical wounds and in veterinary clinics ...

    • Mucoadhesive bilayer vaginal tablet as a potential treatment for cervical cancer 

      Abidin, Ismin Izwani Zainol; Murphy, Emma J.; Rezoagli, Emanuele; Major, Ian (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
      Cervical cancer is a cancer of the cells of the cervice. It is the 2nd most common cancer affecting women. >270,000 die from it annually. >5000,000 women worldwide are diagnosed.

    • Pulsed ultraviolet-light technology and ecoinnovations for safeguarding consumer health and fragile seafood industry from norovirus outbreaks 

      Fehrenbach, Gustavo; Lynch, Mark; Clifford, Eoghan; Carter, Frank; Rowan, Neil J. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
      Contamination of water and food are responsible by many outbreaks and deaths worldwide, caused by failures in production, ineffective disinfection techniques, proximity to sources of contamination, and human intervention ...

    • Real-time sterilization microbiology - role of flow cytometry 

      McEvoy, Brian; Rowan, Neil J. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
      Sterile medical devices provide critical care and diagnostic applications where sterility is validated by demonstrating the inactivation of reference Biological Indicators (BIs). However, BI’s are qualified using conventional ...

    • β-Glucan 

      Murphy, Emma J.; Rezoagli, Emanuele; Major, Ian; Rowan, Neil J.; Laffey, John (MDPI, 2021)
      β-glucans are a key active ingredient in mushrooms and are also found in oats, barley, yeast, bacteria and algae. In microbial sources, they are a structural component and in grain sources, they are found in the endospermic ...