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Dynamic Modulation of the Microenvironment Promotes Functional Maturation of Engineered Tissues

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Engineered tissues lack the dynamic microenvironment of native tissues. A biocompatible, diffusible small molecule to dynamically modulate tissue microenvironments during maturation is used. Timing‐dependent modulation yields distinct outcomes, producing thicker, more native‐like blood vessels, stronger and more mature cardiac tissues, and optimized ...
Eric Silberman, Hadas Oved, Itay Gil, Amgad Marzook, Ester Sapir Baruch, Yahel Shechter, Assaf Shapira, Tal Dvir   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Synovium‐on‐Chip Platform to Study Multicellular Interactions in Arthritis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The Synovium‐on‐Chip comprises a thin microporous PDMS membrane to support co‐culture of fibroblast‐like synoviocytes (FLS), THP‐1‐derived macrophages, and endothelial cells, enabling real‐time analysis of synovial‐vascular interactions. FLS migration through the pores drives endothelial remodeling, while TNF‐α stimulation induces robust inflammatory ...
Laurens R. Spoelstra, Fleur R. Semmekrot, Nuno Araújo‐Gomes, Daniël Wijnperle, Monique M. A. Helsen, Martijn H.J. Van Den Bosch, Loes. I. Segerink, Séverine Le Gac, Marcel Karperien   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Quality and Trade in Pacific Island Countries [PDF]

This research examines the impact of institutional quality on trade in selected Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Four indicators of institutional quality are chosen: government effectiveness, rule of law, regulatory quality and control of corruption; for
Azmat Gani, Biman Chand Prasad
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Start, Stop, Rewind, Repeat—Cyclic Exposure of Adipose Stromal Cells‐derived Cartilage Organoids to Chondrogenic and Proliferative Cues to Achieve Scaled‐up and Customizable Bone Formation by Endochondral Ossification

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study exploits the plasticity of ASCs‐derived cartilage organoids which generate a perichondrial layer of MSCs when exposed to cyclic chondrogenic/proliferative cues. Using these organoids as building blocks, we develop (i) Phalange Shaped Tissue Engineered Cartilage (Pa‐TECs), recapitulating endochondral ossification suitable for the treatment of
Pablo Pfister, Emilien Lhospice, Andrés García‐García, Robert Paillaud, Sebastian Jung, Romain Schaller, Elisabeth A. Kappos, Claude Jaquiéry, Tarek Ismail, Dirk J. Schaefer, Michael de Wild, Ivan Martin, Alexandre Kaempfen, Arnaud Scherberich, Adrien Moya   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diels‐Alder Click Chemistry as a Dynamic‐Covalent Crosslinking Method in Spheroid‐Encapsulating Hydrogels for Cartilage Engineering

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This research shows the development of hydrogels with Diels‐Alder click chemistry for engineering cartilage‐like tissue. The hydrogels support cartilage spheroids which could be cultured for at least 28 days. Furthermore, the spheroids showed a tendency to fuse together into a more consistent construct, and produced important components needed for ...
Sanne M. van de Looij, Antonia G. Vasilopoulou, Lennard Spauwen, Antoinette van den Dikkenberg, Jasmijn V. Korpershoek, Mylene de Ruijter, Jos Malda, Bas G. P. van Ravensteijn, Tina Vermonden   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Choice and Nutrition in Fiji [PDF]

Obesity related health problems are a potentially significant cost to Fiji. The factors driving the trend towards increased obesity are analysed. The potential for reducing the rate of increase in obesity by influencing individual food choice decisions ...
Phillip Hone
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Tunable Bioresorbable Scaffolds With Marine Sulfated Polysaccharides for Small‐Caliber Vascular Grafts: A Multi‐Layered Strategy Combining Electrospinning and 4‐Axis Printing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A multilayered small‐caliber vascular scaffold combining electrospinning and 4‐axis printing is developed and biofunctionalized with marine sulfated polysaccharides from Holothuria tubulosa. The resulting construct exhibits enhanced hemocompatibility, tunable mechanical properties, and supports endothelial and smooth muscle cell adhesion and ...
Gabriele Obino, Alberto Sensini, Tim ten Brink, Gabriele Nieddu, Tristan Bodet, Giovanni Andrea Deiana, Martijn van Griensven, Marilena Formato, Antonio J. Lepedda, Lorenzo Moroni   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering variations in drowning mortality in Fiji between Indigenous iTaukei and Fijians of Indian descent during 2016-2022: a national retrospective population-based study. [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Shrestha S, Peden AE, Kalougivaki J, Khan S, Nadakuca M, Bali A, Lesuma J, Kiani B, Linhart C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Wound Geometry Determines Whether Aligned‐Fiber Scaffolds Accelerate or Impede Diabetic Wound Healing: A Biased Random Walk Analysis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Wound closure is governed by geometry‐orientation coupling: aligned fibers speed migration along their axis but hinder perpendicular advance. In vivo diabetic wound experiments with composition‐matched fibrin, combined with an anisotropic diffusion (biased random‐walk) model, quantify this trade‐off and generate a healing landscape.
Yin‐Yuan Huang, Xiangjun Peng, Yuxuan Huang, Kunkoo Kim, Chengli Li, Peilun Hu, Sean J. Wang, Rohan Avula, Chun‐Yi Yang, Pengchao Ma, Shuhui Yang, Shumeng Jiang, Guy M. Genin, Xiumei Wang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining wealth-related inequality in childhood vaccination in Fiji using the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021. [PDF]

Int Health
Lam C, Islam MI, Devi R, Sheel M, Martiniuk A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source