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Vegetable Oil‐Based Materials for Drug Delivery Systems and Wound Dressings
Macromolecular Bioscience, EarlyView.Renewable resources like vegetable oils are increasingly explored for biomaterial production in biomedical applications. Their monoglycerides and triglycerides inherently possess functions or can be chemically modified to introduce functional groups suitable for polymerization, yielding biomaterials with desirable properties such as flexibility ...
Lucas M. Favre +2 more
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Gene expression of tight junctions in foreskin is not affected by HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionTight junctions (TJs) serve as permeability filters between the internal and external cellular environment. A large number of proteins have been identified to be localized at the TJs.
Emily L. Webb +19 more
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Cell Types using Histone Modifications
, 2013 In cell differentiation, a cell of a less specialized type becomes one of a more specialized type, even though all cells have the same genome. Transcription factors and epigenetic marks like histone modifications can play a significant role in the ...
Bucher, Philipp +3 more
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Uptake and cytotoxicity of citrate-coated gold nanospheres : comparative studies on human endothelial and epithelial cells [PDF]
, 2012 The use of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for diagnostic applications and for drug and gene-delivery is currently under intensive investigation. For such applications, biocompatibility and the absence of cytotoxicity of AuNPs is essential. Although generally
Couraud, Pierre-Olivier +7 more
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Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, EarlyView.Graphical abstract showing the biocompatible conductive polymer film which releases the entrapped drug as a response to a stimulus (applied voltage) along with mitigating bacterial growth. ABSTRACT Chronic wounds affect millions of people worldwide, and their treatment can often be ineffective, resulting in substantial healthcare costs.
Sanjana Auditto +9 more
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Device-based circumcision: advantages, choice of device and surgical technique
Вестник урологииIntroduction. Circumcision is one of the most common surgical procedures for men. WHO programs aimed at reducing HIV transmission have led to the development of various circumcision devices designed to standardize surgical techniques, reduce operating ...
S. V. Kotov +3 more
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, 2015 To gain insight into female-to-male HIV sexual transmission and how male circumcision protects against this mode of transmission, we visualized HIV-1 interactions with foreskin and penile tissues in ex vivo tissue culture and in vivo rhesus macaque ...
Anderson, Meegan R. +10 more
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HLA-G: expression in human keratinocytes in vitro and in human skin in vivo [PDF]
, 1994 Classical, polymorphic major histocompatibility complex class I molecules are expressed on most nucleated cells.They present peptides at the cell surface and, thus, enable the immune system to scan peptides for their antigenicity.
Ulbrecht, M. +7 more
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Zoo Biology, EarlyView.First successful vasectomy in a southern African male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardis giraffa ABSTRACT This study reports the first successful vasectomy on a southern African male giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). The goal of the procedure was to create a teaser male for reproductive studies.
Francois Deacon +7 more
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