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To Transplant or Not to Transplant: The Case of Cystic Fibrosis [PDF]

An organ transplantation rule is constructed with a special reference to the controversial procedure of transplantation of lung sections from living donors to cystic fibrosis patients.
Levy, Amnon
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Recent Advancements in Lung Cancer Metastasis Prevention Based on Nanostrategies

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Metastasis is the leading cause of death in patients with lung cancer. Nanomedicine can be used to prepare efficient drug delivery systems owing to their advantages and plays an important role in the synergistic antimetastasis of lung cancer. This comprehensive review summarizes the emerging nanostrategies against lung cancer metastasis based on the ...
Fan Xu, Yao Liu, Zujun Que, Bin Luo, Yun Yang, Yan Li, Zhanxia Zhang, Jianhui Tian   +7 more
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Nanotherapy for Neural Retinal Regeneration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nanotechnology enhances ophthalmic treatments by improving drug delivery and regenerating ocular tissues, combating vision loss from retinal diseases through innovative nano‐systems. This review outlines ocular anatomy, pathology, immune microenvironment, and barriers, detailing nanocarrier characteristics, classification, and preparation methods, and ...
Chuyao Yu, Li Dong, Yujia Lv, Xuhan Shi, Ruiheng Zhang, Wenda Zhou, Haotian Wu, Heyan Li, Yitong Li, Zhou Li, Dan Luo, Wen‐Bin Wei   +11 more
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Electrical Stimulation Therapy – Dedicated to the Perfect Plastic Repair

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review discusses various types of electrical stimulation sources and materials, delving into the roles and mechanisms of electrical stimulation therapy in plastic surgery for tissue repair. This work broadens the clinical perspective of electrical stimulation, covering diverse repair needs from bone to soft tissues, and provides insights into ...
Kexin Deng, Ruizeng Luo, Ying Chen, Xiaoqiang Liu, Yuanyin Xi, Muhammad Usman, Xupin Jiang, Zhou Li, Jiaping Zhang   +8 more
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Advances in Symbiotic Bioabsorbable Devices

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on recent advances in bioabsorbable devices. This review concludes innovation at the material, device, and system levels, the significant advances toward biomedical applications. This review discusses and highlights the challenges and trends in symbiotic bioresorbable electronics, and provides a new direction for the development of ...
Chang Zhu, Engui Wang, Zhou Li, Han Ouyang   +3 more
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Competition and Post-Transplant Outcomes in Cadaveric Liver Transplantation under the MELD Scoring System [PDF]

Previous researchers have modelled the decision to accept a donor organ for transplantation as a Markov decision problem, the solution to which is often a control-limit optimal policy: accept any organ whose match quality exceeds some health-dependent ...
Halldorson, Jeffrey B., Paarsch, Harry J., Roberts, John P., Segre, Alberto M.   +3 more
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The Reconstruction of Peripheral Auditory Circuit: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This paper summarizes the potential of biomaterials, stem cells, and gene editing technologies in the regeneration of inner ear hair cells, spiral ganglion neurons, and inner ear organoids. Challenges and potential developments are discussed and explored.
Zhe Li, Ying Zhang, Zhenyu Xiao, Jieyu Qi   +3 more
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Attitudes towards organ donation in Malta in the last decade [PDF]

, 2006
Organ transplantation is possibly one of the few cases when even though the medical professionals have the expertise to carry out transplants of certain organs, and even though a person may have financial resources to cover every possible cost, the ...
Lauri, Mary Anne
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Advances in Electrical Materials for Bone and Cartilage Regeneration: Developments, Challenges, and Perspectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review explores the challenges of treating bone and cartilage defects, emphasizing the role of endogenous electric fields in bone and cartilage regeneration. It highlights recent advancements in electroactive biomaterials, including nanogenerators, piezoelectric materials, triboelectric scaffold, and zwitterionic hydrogels.
Yubin Yao, Xi Cui, Shenglong Ding, Ketao Wang, Mingzhu Zhang   +4 more
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Multicargo Porous Cochlear Electrode Coating for Antifibrosis After Cochlear Implantation

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This study presents a novel porous drug‐loading coating for cochlear electrodes, utilizing MA‐PDMS infused with GelMA hydrogel containing dexamethasone and MXene nanoparticles. The coating enhances biocompatibility, enables sustained drug release, reduces fibrosis, and preserves residual hearing post‐CI.
Lei Ren, Yangnan Hu, Xiaoqiong Ding, Menghui Liao, Tian Shen, Sixing Cao, Hui Zhang, Hong Cheng, Yanru Qi, Pan Feng, Xinyi Pang, Ling Lu, Huan Wang, Wenwen Liu, Renjie Chai, Lin Cheng   +15 more
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