Polypharmacy, the prescription of five or more medicines, is an emerging worldwide health concern. When older people are prescribed five or more medicines, they are susceptible to a wide variety of negative health consequences, ...

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health burden. Rapid emergence of drug-resistant TB has aggravated the current situation of global TB. High dose delivery of drugs to the lung using a dry powder inhaler (DPI) ...

In this thesis, bioorthogonal chemistry was explored as a means of developing stimuli-responsive nanoparticles and hydrogels. It has been hypothesised that the use of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems will improve ...

Background The optimal use of medicines is a fundamental goal in health policy worldwide. Using medicines effectively and safely relies on a large and constantly increasing knowledge base. Despite living in an era of ...