Cataracts are a frequent cause of blindness in canines, and their timely diagnosis and treatment are crucial to preserve the animal's quality of life. Although surgery is the primary treatment, its success depends...
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In this study, we conducted a time frequency analysis of EEG signals collected in a limb motor imagery brain-computer interface (BCI) paradigm to identify features useful for predicting and decoding onset and terminat...
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Surface mold brachytherapy (SMBT) is an appropriate and effective treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Manual manufacturing methods allow the development of personalized molds. However, it causes inconsisten...
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Hearing loss represents 20% of the world's population, while in Colombia this condition reaches the 1,2%. It is a condition in which activities of daily living, such as waking up in the morning, can become a chall...
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Multicolor microscopy and super-resolution optical microscopy are two widely used techniques that greatly enhance the ability to distinguish and resolve structures in cellular *** methods have individually transformed...
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Multicolor microscopy and super-resolution optical microscopy are two widely used techniques that greatly enhance the ability to distinguish and resolve structures in cellular *** methods have individually transformed cellular imaging by allowing detailed visualization of cellular and subcellular structures,as well as organelle ***,integrating multicolor and super-resolution microscopy into a single method remains challenging due to issues like spectral overlap,crosstalk,photobleaching,phototoxicity,and technical *** challenges arise from the conflicting requirements of using different fluorophores for multicolor labeling and fluorophores with specific properties for super-resolution *** propose a novel multicolor super-resolution imaging method called phasor-based fluorescence spatiotemporal modulation(Phasor-FSTM).This method uses time-resolved detection to acquire spatiotemporal data from encoded photons,employs phasor analysis to simultaneously separate multiple components,and applies fluorescence modulation to create super-resolution ***-FSTM enables the identification of multiple structural components with greater spatial accuracy on an enhanced laser scanning confocal microscope using a single-wavelength *** demonstrate the capabilities of Phasor-FSTM,we performed two-color to four-color super-resolution imaging at a resolution of~λ/5 and observed the interactions of organelles in live cells during continuous imaging for a duration of over 20 *** method stands out for its simplicity and adaptability,seamlessly fitting into existing laser scanning microscopes without requiring multiple laser lines for excitation,which also provides a new avenue for other super-resolution imaging technologies based on different principles to build multi-color imaging systems with the requirement of a lower budget.
One distinct advantage of microfluidic-based cell assays is their scalability for multiple concentrations or *** scaling can be extremely powerful when combining multiple parameters and ***,in situ stimulation and det...
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One distinct advantage of microfluidic-based cell assays is their scalability for multiple concentrations or *** scaling can be extremely powerful when combining multiple parameters and ***,in situ stimulation and detection eliminates variability between individual ***,conventional microfluidics must combat diffusion,which limits the spatial distance and time for molecules traveling through ***,we leveraged a multilayered microfluidic approach to integrate a novel oxygen gradient(0–20%)with an enhanced hydrogel sensor to study pancreatic beta *** enabled our microfluidics to achieve spatiotemporal detection that is difficult to achieve with traditional *** this device,we demonstrated the in situ detection of calcium,insulin,and ATP(adenosine triphosphate)in response to glucose and oxygen ***,insulin was quantified at levels as low as 25 pg/mL using our imaging ***,by analyzing the spatial detection data dynamically over time,we uncovered a new relationship between oxygen and beta cell *** observed an optimum oxygen level between 10 and 12%,which is neither hypoxic nor normoxic in the conventional cell culture *** results provide evidence to support the current islet oscillator *** future applications,this spatial microfluidic technique can be adapted for discrete protein detection in a robust platform to study numerous oxygen-dependent tissue dysfunctions.
Near-infrared fluorescence imaging has emerged as a noninvasive,inexpensive,and ionizing-radiation-free monitoring tool for assessing tumor growth and treatment *** particular,ultrasound switchable fluorescence(USF)im...
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Near-infrared fluorescence imaging has emerged as a noninvasive,inexpensive,and ionizing-radiation-free monitoring tool for assessing tumor growth and treatment *** particular,ultrasound switchable fluorescence(USF)imaging has been explored with improved imaging sensitivity and spatial resolution in centimeter-deep *** study achieved the size control of polymer-based and indocyanine green(ICG)encapsulated USF contrast agents,capable of accumulating in the tumor after intravenous *** nanoprobes varied in size from 58 to 321 *** bioimaging profiles demonstrated that the proposed nanoparticles can efficiently eliminate the background light from normal tissue and show a tumor-specific fluorescence enhancement in the BxPC-3 tumor-bearing mice models possibly via the enhanced permeability and retention *** vivo tumor USF imaging further demonstrated that these nanoprobes can effectively be switched“ON”with enhanced fluorescence in response to a focused ultrasound stimulation in the tumor microenvironment,contributing to the high-resolution USF ***,our findings suggest that ICG-encapsulated nanoparticles are good candidates for USF imaging of tumors in live animals,indicating their great potential in optical tumor imaging in deep tissue.
Cell membrane-derived nanoparticles(NPs)have recently gained popularity due to their desirable features in drug delivery such as mimicking properties of native cells,impeding systemic clearance,and altering foreign bo...
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Cell membrane-derived nanoparticles(NPs)have recently gained popularity due to their desirable features in drug delivery such as mimicking properties of native cells,impeding systemic clearance,and altering foreign body *** NP technology,adoptive immunotherapy has emerged due to its promise in cancer specificity and therapeutic *** this research,we developed a biomimetic drug carrier based on chimeric antigen receptor(CAR)transduced T-cell *** that purpose,anti-HER2 CAR-T cells were engineered via lentiviral transduction of anti-HER2 CAR coding lentiviral ***-HER2 CAR-T cells were characterized by their specific activities against the HER2 antigen and used for cell membrane ***-cancer drug Cisplatin-loaded poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA)NPs were coated with anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER2)-specific CAR engineered T-cell ***-HER2 CAR-T-cell membrane-coated PLGA NPs(CAR-T-MNPs)were characterized and confirmed via fluorescent microscopy and flow ***-coated NPs showed a sustained drug release over the course of 21 days in physiological ***-loaded CAR-T-MNPs also inhibited the growth of multiple HER2+cancer cells in *** addition,in vitro uptake studies revealed that CAR-T-MNPs showed an increased uptake by A549 *** results were also confirmed via in vivo biodistribution and therapeutic studies using a subcutaneous lung cancer model in nude ***-T-MNPs localized preferentially at tumor areas compared to those of other studied groups and consisted of a significant reduction in tumor growth in tumor-bearing *** Conclusion,the new CAR modified cell membrane-coated NP drug-delivery platform has demonstrated its efficacy both in vitro and in ***,CAR engineered membrane-coated NP system could be a promising cell-mimicking drug carrier that could improve therapeutic outcomes of lung cancer treatments.
Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to present, analyze, and quantitatively characterize the electrical signals obtained from neuronal cultures coupled to micro-electrode arrays (MEAs). Special attention i...
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