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Derivation and characterization of retinal pigment epithelium from urine‐derived iPSCs
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Age‐related macular degeneration causes vision loss via RPE dysfunction and loss. Traditional iPSC therapies rely on invasive biopsies, limiting scalability. Here, we utilize urine‐derived stem cells as an accessible source to generate u‐iPSCs, successfully differentiated into pigmented RPE. This “Urine‐to‐Retina” platform provides a promising path for
Daniella Beiner +7 more
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English as a lingua franca in Southeast Asia's Expanding Circle
The distinction Kachru made between countries of the Outer and Expanding Circles was that Outer Circle countries had been colonies of English-speaking empires where English played institutional roles and where local varieties of English had developed. In
Kirkpatrick, A
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, 2014 In a globalized era where English keeps the position of an international language, learnt and spoken by lots of people from diverse linguistic, cultural and national backgrounds, there is a need for a new perspective towards English as an international ...
Monfared, Abbas +1 more
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Acute caffeine treatment protects the developing retina from ischemia‐induced cell death
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Caffeine reduces cell death in the developing retina under ischemia (OGD). This effect does not involve BDNF upregulation or antioxidant pathways (NRF2/VEGF). Neuroprotection occurs mainly through adenosine A2A receptor antagonism, decreasing glutamate release and excitotoxicity, highlighting caffeine's potential as an acute neuroprotective agent in ...
Amanda Alves Nascimento +6 more
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MetalsPicosecond laser drilling offers high precision and quality, and compared to femtosecond lasers, it also balances processing efficiency, making it widely used across various fields. However, existing drilling processes still face issues such as roundness
Liang Wang +4 more
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How phagocytic cells kill bacteria: Lessons from a professional killer
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.How phagocytic cells ingest and kill bacteria has been studied for more than a century, but many questions remain unanswered. The study of the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum brings new answers, and new questions. Professional phagocytic cells such as neutrophils and macrophages, as well as free‐living soil amoebae like Dictyostelium discoideum, employ
Otmane Lamrabet, Pierre Cosson
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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography measurements in amblyopic Egyptian patients
Delta Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the macular thickness and each retinal layer thickness of the amblyopic eyes with their normal fellow eyes in patients with unilateral amblyopia using the Spectralis spectral domain optical coherence ...
Mohammad A.M El-Hifnawy +3 more
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MagmaFlow: A desktop platform for artificial intelligence‐driven expression analysis
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.MagmaFlow is a free, no‐code platform for gene expression analysis. It generates interactive volcano plots, links genes to literature, pathways, and diseases, prioritizes candidates using millions of publications, identifies affected biological processes, builds network diagrams, and exports publication‐ready figures and reports for macOS and Windows ...
Carlos E. Buss +7 more
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English: Well beyond the inner circle dominance
, 2017 What makes a language global goes far beyond its linguistic features. Although status of globalization may be largely determined by political tradition, economic strength, militaristic might and respect for human rights, one significant requirement does ...
Ulum, Ömer Gökhan, Bada, Erdoğan
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Cogent EducationIn the context of globalization, English textbook must balance local relevance and international perspectives to cultivate learners’ multicultural awareness.
Yuchen Xie, Chengming Gao, Yongzhi Liu
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