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Formulating Smart All‐in‐One Chitosan Hydrogel for High Performance Wound Dressing
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.An innovative approach to fabricating a thermosensitive, highly swelling, degradable, and antibacterial hydrogel composed of a chitosan‐g‐NIPAAm/PVA/PVP copolymer, integrated with AgNPs, for use in wound dressing applications. The hydrogel demonstrates enhanced performance, accelerating the wound healing process.
Chia‐Chi Lin +8 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A vapor‐based porous coating applied within nitinol tubes demonstrated complete suppression of cellular and tissue ingrowth, overcoming a major limitation of implantable interstitial fluid collection devices. Molecular channeling and diffusion are analyzed with probe molecules, showing reliable transport in vitro and in vivo. The coating also achieved >
Yu‐Ming Chang +8 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Commercial vascular grafts are made from ePTFE, a highly hydrophobic, foreign material that fails at a high rate in small‐diameter applications. Plasma polymer nanoparticles (PPN) are a versatile material functionalisation tool, used here to present fibrillin‐1 fragment PF8 on the graft surface.
Bob S. L. Lee +9 more
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IrSPI, a tick serine protease inhibitor involved in tick feeding and Bartonella henselae infection [PDF]
, 2017 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.-- et al.Ixodes ricinus is the most widespread and abundant tick in Europe, frequently bites humans, and is the vector of several pathogens including ...
Bonnet, Sarah I. +3 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A dual‐crosslinking poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel is presented that rapidly solidifies and progressively adheres to tissue, achieving durable sealing of bile leaks. In hepatectomy models, this system prevents postoperative complications more effectively than conventional sealants, highlighting its translational potential as a safe and efficient ...
Kazuyoshi Matsubara +7 more
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Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2011 PURPOSE: To quantify the amount of bone formation in the calvarial region of Wistar rats after craniotomy using bone wax as a haemostatic agent. METHODS: Surgery to produce bilateral, symmetric, full-thickness cranial defects (area: 18 mm²) was performed
Cassio Eduardo Raposo-Amaral +6 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Dissolvable microneedle (MN) device containing Bacillus paralicheniformis. The polymeric matrix encapsulates and protects the bacteria, preserving their viability while enabling in situ production and release of γ‐polyglutamic acid. The bacteria are delivered into the skin via 500 µm‐long microneedles, and remain detectable on the skin 24 h post ...
Caroline Hali Alperovitz +3 more
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Perinephric hematoma following renal biopsy: A case report and literature review
Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2015 The risks associated with performing a percutaneous renal biopsy have substantially decreased in the past two decades because of technical advances in the method.
Girish P Vakrani +2 more
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