Emmanuel O. Akala, RPh, PhD
| Title: | Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Howard University |
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| Office: | Room 308 |
| Address: | 2300 Fourth Street NW Washington, District Of Columbia 20059 |
| Phone: | 202-806-5896 |
| Email: |
[email protected] |
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Current HIV/AIDS Research Activities:
- Synthesis of blank and zidovudine, lamivudine, nevirapine, and raltegravir-loaded stealth nanoparticles (with all the four drugs together in the nanoparticles) based on a core formed by hydroxyethyl methacrylate terminated poly(caprolactone) macromonomers or methylmethacrylate.
- 1E7-03 (an investigational drug)-loaded nanoparticles) based stealth methylmethacrylate (core) nanoparticles.
- Drug release studies from the nanoparticles.
- Conjugation of conjugate M cell β1 integrin receptor ligands (peptide with RGD motif (arginine-glycine-aspartic acid), to the surface of the nanoparticles
- Targeting drug (ARV)-loaded multifunctional nanoparticles to M Cells overlaying GALT (HIV-1 Reservoir)
District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research
950 New Hampshire Ave, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20052
