A cerebral aneurysm is a weakened area in the wall of a blood vessel within the brain that causes the vessel to bulge outwards. The choice of treatment depends on various factors including the size and location of the...
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Mentoring is significant personal and professional assistance given by a more experienced person to a less experienced person during a time of transition. Transitions from high school to university, from university to...
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Mentoring is significant personal and professional assistance given by a more experienced person to a less experienced person during a time of transition. Transitions from high school to university, from university to graduate school are difficult. Organizing and running mentoring programs in schools or in professional societies provide good recruitment and retention of female students in engineering. biomedicalengineering (BME) is the engineering discipline that has the highest percentage of female degree recipients and tenure/tenure-track teaching faculty. Thus there is a great potential for female role models, mentors and mentees in BME. Recently, I have a developed a mentoring program for women at the joint graduate biomedicalengineeringprogram of University of Memphis (UM) and University of Tennessee (UT). Currently we are following the book "Giving Much/Gaining More: Mentoring for Success" by Dr. Wadsworth for our meetings and activities to provide a support and discussion group, and environment to women in their transition time of the BME graduate studies. Our future goal is to expand mentoring to female students in our engineering school.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the children’s most common neurodevelopmental conditions. ADHD diagnosis is based on evaluating inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity symptoms that inte...
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are one of the major global health threats, causing millions of deaths each year. According to data from the World Health Organization, over 500 million people are affected by cardiovascu...
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Skeletal muscle tissue engineering aims to repair tissue defects caused by injury, cancer, metabolic or neuromuscular disease. The need for invasive implantation techniques often limits the implantation of large tissu...
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Skeletal muscle tissue engineering aims to repair tissue defects caused by injury, cancer, metabolic or neuromuscular disease. The need for invasive implantation techniques often limits the implantation of large tissue constructs or repeated treatments. Recent studies have reported on the development of injectable scaffolds for tissue engineering;however, fabrication of skeletal muscle tissue is particularly challenging due to the large size of human myotubes and the required mechanical properties. This work developed a collagen-based shape-memory scaffold supportive of skeletal muscle tissue growth and differentiation in vitro and maintained shape post-injection in vivo. The injectable engineered muscle construct was intramuscularly delivered via a syringe needle and integrated successfully with the native muscle tissue. We demonstrated the system's potential on a Type 2 diabetes mouse model. A prominent early sign of type 2 diabetes is the reduction in GLUT4 expression and translocation in skeletal muscle;therefore, based on a previous work published by our group, we created injectable GLUT4-overexpressing muscle constructs. Following injection, GLUT4 overexpressing skeletal muscle tissue retained its shape-memory properties and viability and improved glucose homeostasis in the diabetic mice. This work demonstrated successful minimally invasive delivery of engineered muscle tissue and potential treatment for chronic muscle-related conditions. Statement of significance: Type 2 diabetes is a widespread metabolic disorder characterized by insulin resistance and impaired glucose regulation. This study offers a minimally invasive approach to treatment through the development of an injectable skeletal muscle construct overexpressing GLUT4 to improve glucose homeostasis. Unlike traditional surgical methods, this minimally invasive system employs a collagen-based scaffold with shape-memory properties, enabling effective tissue delivery and integration. Existing therapies
Pericytes are multifunctional mural cells that surround the abluminal wall of endothelial cells and are associated with vascular development,vascular permeability,and ***,pericytes demonstrate stem cell-like propertie...
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Pericytes are multifunctional mural cells that surround the abluminal wall of endothelial cells and are associated with vascular development,vascular permeability,and ***,pericytes demonstrate stem cell-like properties and contribute to neuroinflammatory *** have been extensively studied in the central nervous ***,specific mechanisms underlying its involvement in various physiological and pathological conditions,especially in erectile dysfunction(ED),remain poorly *** in in vitro and in vitro techniques,such as single-cell RNA sequencing,are expanding our understanding of *** studies have shown that pericyte dysfunction is considered an important factor in the pathogenesis of vascular and neurological ***,this study aims to analyze the specific role of pericytes in ED,focusing on diabetic and neurogenic *** article provides a comprehensive review of research findings on PubMed from 2000 to 2023,concerning pericyte dysfunction in the process of ED,offering valuable insights,and suggesting directions for further research.
Axonal regeneration following surgical nerve repair is slow and often incomplete,resulting in poor functional recovery which sometimes contributes to lifelong ***,there are no FDA-approved therapies available to promo...
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Axonal regeneration following surgical nerve repair is slow and often incomplete,resulting in poor functional recovery which sometimes contributes to lifelong ***,there are no FDA-approved therapies available to promote nerve *** accelerates axonal regeneration,but systemic side effects presently outweigh its potential benefits for peripheral nerve *** authors describe herein a biodegradable polyurethane-based drug delivery system for the sustained local release of tacrolimus at the nerve repair site,with suitable properties for scalable production and clinical application,aiming to promote nerve regeneration and functional recovery with minimal systemic drug *** is encapsulated into co-axially electrospun polycarbonate-urethane nanofibers to generate an implantable nerve wrap that releases therapeutic doses of bioactive tacrolimus over 31 *** and drug loading are adjustable for applications in small and large caliber nerves,and the wrap degrades within 120 days into biocompatible *** released from the nerve wrap promotes axon elongation in vitro and accelerates nerve regeneration and functional recovery in preclinical nerve repair models while off-target systemic drug exposure is reduced by 80%compared with systemic *** its surgical suitability and preclinical efficacy and safety,this system may provide a readily translatable approach to support axonal regeneration and recovery in patients undergoing nerve surgery.
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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Saad, Mohammed AyadJaafar, RosminaChellappan, Kalaivani
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Department of Electrical Electronics and System Engineering Selangor Bangi43600 Malaysia Al-Kitab University
Department of Medical Instrumentations Technique Engineering Kirkuk36001 Iraq Universitas Airlangga
Biomedical Engineering Study Program Faculty of Science and Technology Surabaya60115 Indonesia
Efficient data collection in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is crucial. While traditional approaches rely on stationary data sinks, the use of mobile sinks, like unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has shown promise in ...
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Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE) is a form of lupus that affects the skin and is highly sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light. UV-B. in particular. can trigger inflammation and apoptosis in CLE patients. making a sun...
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