Studying the soft robot-tissue mechanical interaction in muscle stimulation devices poses a significant challenge due to the complex behavior of the materials involved. To advance this field, this paper models computa...
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We propose a time-multiplexed miniaturized two-photon microscope (TM-MINI2P), enabling a two-fold increase in imaging speed while maintaining a high spatial resolution. Using TM-MINI2P, we conducted high-speed in-vivo...
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder often characterized by motor symptoms such as hypomimia, and a reduction in facial expression. We explored the significance of facial features in identifyin...
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Biodegradable stents have tremendous theoretical potential as an alternative to bare metal stents and drug-eluting stents for the treatment of obstructive coronary artery *** bioresorbable or biodegradable scaffold ma...
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Biodegradable stents have tremendous theoretical potential as an alternative to bare metal stents and drug-eluting stents for the treatment of obstructive coronary artery *** bioresorbable or biodegradable scaffold material needs to possess optimal mechanical properties and uniform degradation behavior that avoids local and systemic ***,molybdenum(Mo)has been investigated as a potential novel biodegradable material for this *** its proven moderate degradation rate and excellent mechanical properties,Mo may represent an ideal source material for clinical cardiac and vascular *** present study was performed to evaluate the mechanical performance of metallic Mo in vitro and the biodegradation properties in *** results demonstrated favorable mechanical behavior and a uniform degradation profile as desired for a new generation ultra-thin degradable endovascular stent ***,Mo implants in mouse arteries avoided the typical cellular response that contributes to *** was minimal neointimal hyperplasia over 6 months,an absence of excessive smooth muscle cell(SMC)proliferation or inflammation near the implant,and avoidance of significant harm to regenerating endothelial cells(EC).Qualitative inspection of kidney sections showed a potentially pathological remodeling of kidney Bowman’s capsule and glomeruli,indicative of impaired filtering function and development of kidney disease,although quantifications of these morphological changes were not statistically ***,the results suggest that the products of Mo corrosion may exert beneficial or inert effects on the activities of inflammatory and arterial cells,while exerting potentially toxic effects in the kidneys that warrant further investigation.
McKibben muscles are widely utilised in biorobotics due to their high contraction ratio, remarkable power-to-weight ratio, and resemblance to skeletal muscles. However, the original design, constrained by the braided ...
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Ischemia-reperfusion(I/R)injury following skin flap transplantation is a critical factor leading to flap necrosis and transplant *** inflammatory responses and oxidative stress are regarded as crucial targets for miti...
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Ischemia-reperfusion(I/R)injury following skin flap transplantation is a critical factor leading to flap necrosis and transplant *** inflammatory responses and oxidative stress are regarded as crucial targets for mitigating reperfusion injury and enhancing flap *** this study,caffeic acid-vanadium metal polyphenol nanoparticles(CA-V NPs)were prepared for the treatment of skin flap ischemia and *** study was conducted using a one-step method to prepare new types of CA-V NPs with uniform sizes and stable *** vitro,the CA-V NPs exhibited CATlike and SOD-like activities and could effectively scavenge ROS,generate oxygen,and alleviate oxidative *** the H_(2)O_(2)-induced cellular oxidative stress model,CA-V NPs effectively reduced ROS levels and inhibited apoptosis through the XIAP/Caspase-3 *** the cellular inflammation model induced by LPS combined with IFN-g,CA-V NPs reprogrammed macrophage polarization toward the M2 phenotype and reduced inflammatory responses by reducing the expression of the chemokines CCL4 and *** addition,animal experiments have shown that CA-V NPs can alleviate oxidative stress in skin flap tissues,inhibit apoptosis,promote angiogenesis,and ultimately improve the survival rate of skin ***-V NPs provide a new target and strategy for the treatment of flap I/R injury。
This study focuses on the design, optimization, and biomechanical evaluation of a W-angular hip plate intended for the quadrilateral surface of the human pelvis. The W angular configuration is chosen for its potential...
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Inadequate angiogenesis is a hallmark of conditions including cardiovascular diseases,stroke and chronic diabetic wounds,which exhibit tissue ischaemia ensuring that therapeutic strategies to promote angiogenesis are ...
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Inadequate angiogenesis is a hallmark of conditions including cardiovascular diseases,stroke and chronic diabetic wounds,which exhibit tissue ischaemia ensuring that therapeutic strategies to promote angiogenesis are of great ***,many angiogenic treatments involve the delivery of growth factors which have limited clinical success due to poor stability,high manufacturing cost and poor *** oxide nanoparticles(nanoceria)can either promote or inhibit angiogenesis depending on their surface corona ***,nanoceria were functionalized with an intentional heparin corona,a polysaccharide which binds and signals growth factors,of different chain lengths and surface grafting density to establish their effect on *** nanoparticles promoted angiogenesis in vivo with the surface grafting density positively correlated with angiogenesis over the widest concentration range;however,chain length did not play a *** heparin–nanoceria supported fibroblast growth factor 2(FGF2)signalling in vitro and promoted FGF2-mediated angiogenesis in *** nanoparticles were internalized by endothelial cells in vitro where they trafficked to the lysosomes and reduced cell viability suggesting that the angiogenic activity of heparin–nanoceria is mediated in the extracellular ***,this study adds to our knowledge of the angiogenic effects of heparin–nanoceria towards finding new angiogenic treatments.
Base editing,the targeted introduction of point mutations into cellular DNA,holds promise for improving genome-scale functional genome screening to single-nucleotide *** efforts in prokaryotes,however,remain confined ...
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Base editing,the targeted introduction of point mutations into cellular DNA,holds promise for improving genome-scale functional genome screening to single-nucleotide *** efforts in prokaryotes,however,remain confined to loss-of-function screens using the premature stop codons-mediated gene inactivation library,which falls far short of fully releasing the potential of base ***,we developed a base editor-mediated functional single nucleotide variant screening pipeline in Escherichia *** constructed a library with 31,123 sgRNAs targeting 462 stress response-related genes in ***,and screened for adaptive mutations under isobutanol and furfural selective *** by the screening results,we successfully identified several known and novel functional *** pipeline might be expanded to the optimization of other phenotypes or the strain engineering in other microorganisms.
Remarkable progress in phototherapy has been made in recent decades,due to its non-invasiveness and instant therapeutic *** addition,with the rapid development of nanoscience and nanotechnology,phototherapy systems ba...
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Remarkable progress in phototherapy has been made in recent decades,due to its non-invasiveness and instant therapeutic *** addition,with the rapid development of nanoscience and nanotechnology,phototherapy systems based on nanoparticles or nanocomposites also evolved as an emerging hotspot in nanomedicine research,especially in *** this review,first we briefly introduce the history of phototherapy,and the mechanisms of phototherapy in cancer ***,we summarize the representative development over the past three to five years in nanoparticle-based phototherapy and highlight the design of the innovative nanoparticles ***,we discuss the feasibility and the potential of the nanoparticle-based phototherapy systems in clinical anticancer therapeutic applications,aiming to predict future research directions in this *** review is a tutorial work,aiming at providing useful insights to researchers in the field of nanotechnology,nanoscience and cancer.
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