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Conformal Metallosaccharide Hybrid Films for Protecting Wood Surfaces From Environmental Damage

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Ti‐ribose hybrid films fabricated by molecular layer deposition form a conformal and uniform coating on wood surfaces, which provides water repellence, dimensional stability, and resistance to acidic and alkaline environments, while preserving the natural appearance.
Wenwen Wang, Aranzazu Sierra Fernandez, Gabriele Botta, Evgenii Modin, Iva Šarić Janković, Shidong Ji, Junli Liu, Mato Knez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Precision Oncology Approach Using Nanoliter Droplet Array for Drug Sensitivity Testing in Lung Cancer

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A miniaturized drug sensitivity and resistance testing (DSRT) workflow based on the Droplet Microarray (DMA) platform enables functional drug testing using minimal patient‐derived tumor material. By screening nanoliter‐scale droplets containing as few as 300 cells, this approach generates reproducible and tumor‐specific drug response profiles ...
Maryam Salarian, Vicky L. Schiling, Thomas Muley, Michael Allgäuer, Florian Eichhorn, Michael Meister, Marc A. Schneider, Anna A. Popova   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Blood‐Brain Barrier Crossing by Biomimetic M13 Phage Vectors for Targeted Neuronal Delivery

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study investigates the M13 bacteriophage as a biomimetic nanovector capable of crossing in vitro models of the blood–brain barrier. By exploiting peculiar transcellular pathways, M13 avoids lysosomal degradation and preserves its structural integrity and functionality.
Silvia Vercellino, Lucia Pappagallo, Francesca De Chirico, Luca Boselli, Hazem Ahmed, Luca Spagnoletti, Giovanni Pittaluga, Paolo Emidio Costantini, Matteo Calvaresi, Pier Paolo Pompa, Alberto Danielli, Fabio Benfenati, Valentina Castagnola   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of insects, some land and marine invertebrates, in the biodegradation of plastic

The European Zoological Journal
Nowadays, environmental pollution caused by plastics, microplastics, and nanoplastics is an indisputable fact. The vast scale of plastic production, combined with the long period of spontaneous degradation (up to 1000 years) and the lack of effective ...
P. Mermer, F. Martyna, A. Ostróżka
doaj   +1 more source

EB1 regulates attachment of Ska1 with microtubules by forming extended structures on the microtubule lattice

Nature Communications, 2016
Ska1 is a kinetochore-localised protein that couples kinetochore movement to microtubule (MT) depolymerisation. Here Thomas et al. show that the MT +TIP binding protein EB1 recruits Ska1 to the MT-kinetochore interface and stabilises the interaction ...
Geethu E. Thomas, K. Bandopadhyay, Sabyasachi Sutradhar, M. R. Renjith, Puja Singh, K. K. Gireesh, Steny Simon, Binshad Badarudeen, Hindol Gupta, Manidipa Banerjee, Raja Paul, J. Mitra, Tapas K. Manna   +12 more
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Sodium thiosulfate acts as a hydrogen sulfide mimetic to prevent intimal hyperplasia via inhibition of tubulin polymerisation

EBioMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Intimal hyperplasia (IH) remains a major limitation in the long-term success of any type of revascularisation. IH is due to vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) dedifferentiation, proliferation and migration.
Diane Macabrey, Alban Longchamp, Michael R. MacArthur, Martine Lambelet, Severine Urfer, Sebastien Deglise, Florent Allagnat   +6 more
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Kinetic Modelling of Hydrothermal Lignin Depolymerisation

, 2014
Although lignin is one of the most abundant renewable organic materials in the world, it is principally a waste product of the paper industry which is used for the production of heat and power.
Sutter, Tatjana, Forchheim, D., Hornung, U., Sutter, T., Forchheim, Daniel, Hornung, Ursel, Kruse, A., Kruse, Andrea   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Actuation of Cell Layers in Three Dimensions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The alignment of fibers and cells in living tissues affect their mechanical properties and functionality. In this context, one can draw an analogy between tissues and nematic liquid crystal elastomers. We explore this analogy by growing fibroblasts on 2D‐patterned substrates and observing the contraction of cell sheets upon detachment from the
Kirsten Endresen, Aniruddh Murali, Birte C. Geerds, Grecia M. Valenzuela Portillo, Maria Bloksgaard, Daniel J.G. Pearce, Francesca Serra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Seeded Nucleation of PET in a Benign Solvent Yields a High Modulus Aerogel With Ultra‐Low Thermal Conductivity

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A new benign solvent (1,3‐diphenylacetone) enables a simple, safe, and sustainable dissolution and gelation method to convert waste PET into low density, monolithic aerogels with high mechanical strength (E = 20 MPa) and remarkably low thermal conductivity (k = 21.9 to 28.9 mW/m·K).
Kira R. Baugh, Garrett F. Godshall, Glenn A. Spiering, Isabela Trindade Coutinho, Alejandro A. Rodriguez, Katherine J. Wood, Aiyana Gonzalez‐Arellano, Sadeq Malakooti, Stephanie L. Vivod, Robert B. Moore   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serine protease(s) secreted by the nematode Trichuris muris degrade the mucus barrier. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
The polymeric mucin component of the intestinal mucus barrier changes during nematode infection to provide not only physical protection but also to directly affect pathogenic nematodes and aid expulsion.
Sumaira Z Hasnain, Michael A McGuckin, Richard K Grencis, David J Thornton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source