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Fiona Mackay
Researcher at University of Edinburgh
Publications - 72
Citations - 3473
Fiona Mackay is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Parliament. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 71 publications receiving 3111 citations. Previous affiliations of Fiona Mackay include University of Southampton.
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New Institutionalism Through a Gender Lens: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism?:
TL;DR: New institutionalism (NI) may no longer qualify as being new, but since re-emphasizing institutions as a central explanatory variable in political analysis over two decades ago, it continues to provide scholars with a useful perspective through which to analyse political dynamics and outcomes that shape everyday life as mentioned in this paper.
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A potent cytotoxic photoactivated platinum complex
Fiona Mackay,Julie A. Woods,Julie A. Woods,Pavla Heringova,Jana Kasparkova,Ana M. Pizarro,Ana M. Pizarro,Stephen A. Moggach,Simon Parsons,Viktor Brabec,Peter J. Sadler +10 more
TL;DR: The trans diazido PtIV complex 1 is remarkably stable in the dark, even in the presence of cellular reducing agents, and is a candidate for use in photoactivated cancer chemotherapy.
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A Potent Trans-Diimine Platinum Anticancer Complex Photoactivated by Visible Light
Nicola J. Farrer,Julie A. Woods,Luca Salassa,Yao Zhao,Kim S. Robinson,Guy J. Clarkson,Fiona Mackay,Peter J. Sadler +7 more
TL;DR: Activating platinum with light: An inert platinum(IV) diazido complex trans, trans,trans-[Pt(N3) 2(OH)2(py)2)2] becomes potently cytotoxic to cancer cells when activated by low doses of visible light.
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Photoactivatable platinum complexes.
TL;DR: These studies show that photoactivatable Pt(IV) antitumor agents represent a promising area for new drug development and are stable to glutathione and thus show very low dark cytotoxicity.
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Gender, Politics and Institutions: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism
Mona Lena Krook,Fiona Mackay +1 more
TL;DR: Mackay et al. as mentioned in this paper discuss gender, politics, and institutions in the context of post-devolution Scotland, comparing the Czech and Slovak Republics with the United Kingdom and Canada.