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A Liver-Kidney Biosubsystem
(2017-05-04)
Each year many patients die waiting for a transplant organ to become available. Increasing the available number of transplant organs would save lives. The donor pool could be expanded if organs which are considered to be ...
PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION COATING AMORPHOUS SILICA BASED IMPLANTS ENHANCING ANGIOGENESIS AND MITIGATING TOXIC OXIDATIVE STRESS IN CRITICAL SIZE BONE DEFECTS
(2017-12-18)
The advances in bone tissue engineering search for a biomaterial that could efficiently and gradually replace the bone while the new tissue grows through the implanted structure. However, due to limitations mainly related ...
REVEALING HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE AND DYNAMIC CHANGES IN FUNCTIONAL CORTICAL NETWORKS USING FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (fNIRS)
(2017-12-15)
Therapeutic interventions, such as physical therapy and non-invasive brain electrical stimulation can enhance the physical performance of persons with brain disorders. One often-used form of physical therapy named ...
TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE ULTRASOUND-SWITCHABLE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING
(2017-08-14)
Novel approaches to the improvement of ultrasound-switchable fluorescence (USF) imaging—a relatively new imaging modality that combines ultrasound and optical imaging techniques—have been proposed for early cancer detection. ...
UNDERSTANDING KEY GENETIC MUTATIONS AND MOLECULAR ALTERATIONS ON INCREASING MIGRATION, VIABILITY, DRUG RESISTANCE OF MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR IN CONFINEMENT
(2017-08-10)
There are more than 120 types of primary brain and central nervous system tumors that affect people of all ages. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), for example, is the most frequent type of brain cancers and also among the ...
T-CELL MEMBRANE CAMOUFLAGED NANOPARTICLES FOR TREATMENT OF MELANOMA
(2017-05-30)
Melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin cancers. The American Cancer Society reports that every hour, one person dies from melanoma. While there are a number of treatments currently available for melanoma (e.g. surgery, ...
DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER TRAP FOR CAPTURING CANCER CELLS THAT METASTASIZE IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
(2017-05-25)
Our laboratory has recently developed an implantable device - cancer trap that can recruit and trap circulating cancer cells inside the bloodstream. Since several types of cancer cells can metastasize inside the peritoneal ...
Change of Brain Network Connectivity among different Human Vigilance States investigated by EEG
(2017-09-11)
Understanding the brain network connectivity associated with human vigilance states, to investigate the basic neural processes that underlie complex higher-order cognitive operations and functional domains, has become an ...
Unravelling the Mysteries of Cognitive Decline in Cancer Survivors Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy
(2017-06-14)
In recent years, there has been an increased incidence of cognitive impairment in cancer survivors as a side-effect of chemotherapy. This troubling deterioration in cognitive ability is commonly termed as 'Chemo brain' in ...
Silica formation with nanofiber morphology via helical display of the silaffin R5 peptide on a filamentous bacteriophage
(Nature, 24 Novembe)
Biological systems often generate unique and useful structures, which can have industrial relevance either as direct components or as an inspiration for biomimetic materials. For fabrication of nanoscale silica structures, ...