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Dual‐Layer Living Hydrogel Enables On‐Demand Delivery of Phages and Probiotics for Synergistic Wound Infection Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dual‐layer living hydrogel, ProΦGel, integrates bacteriophages and probiotics for synergistic wound infection therapy. The outer gelatin‐based matrix releases phages on demand in response to P. aeruginosa infections, while inner alginate beads sustain probiotic delivery.
Siyuan Tao, Darine D'Adam, Anna Hu, Sixuan Zhang, Josua Roduner, Katharina Maniura‐Weber, Qun Ren   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute anaphylactic reaction to expired chlorpheniramine injection

Journal of Acute Disease, 2014
Chlorpheniramine is a widely used drug for management of allergic reaction. The serious adverse reaction to this drug is extremely rare. In this report, the authors present a case of acute anaphylactic reaction to expired chlorpheniramine injection.
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
doaj   +1 more source

Contribution of wastewater-based epidemiology to SARS-CoV-2 screening in Brazil and the United States

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a valuable tool for investigating the existence, prevalence, and spread of pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, in a given population.
Taciane Barbosa Henriques, Servio Túlio Cassini, Regina de Pinho Keller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building Towards a Future in Which Urban Sanitation Leaves No One Behind [PDF]

, 2015
Plans to improve access to sanitation in towns and cities of the global South are hampered by multiple challenges. One is a lack of reliable information.
Diana Mitlin
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The implications of three major new trials for the effect of water, sanitation and hygiene on childhood diarrhea and stunting: a consensus statement

BMC Medicine, 2019
BackgroundThree large new trials of unprecedented scale and cost, which included novel factorial designs, have found no effect of basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions on childhood stunting, and only mixed effects on childhood diarrhea.
O. Cumming, B. Arnold, Radu Ban, T. Clasen, Joanna Esteves Mills, M. Freeman, Bruce Gordon, Raymond Guiteras, G. Howard, P. Hunter, R. Johnston, A. Pickering, A. Prendergast, A. Prüss-Ustün, J. Rosenboom, Dean Spears, S. Sundberg, J. Wolf, C. Null, S. Luby, J. Humphrey, J. Colford   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

End‐to‐End Sensing Systems for Breast Cancer: From Wearables for Early Detection to Lab‐Based Diagnosis Chips

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane, Lyn I. Jones, Richard M. Martin, Helen Winter, Faezeh Arab Hassani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of activated sludge with anammox to low temperatures [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The article presents the results of evaluating the ability of activated sludge, saturated with anammox bacteria, to adapt to mesophilic and lower temperature operating conditions. As the main temperature regimes, temperatures of 30, 25, 15, and 13°C were
Gulshin Igor, Makisha Nikolay
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Sanitation: Lessons and Innovation for Sustainability and Success in the New Millennium [PDF]

, 2006
This report highlights some of the key lessons learned from the past about sustainable sanitation solutions, new thinking emerging from consolidated learning and innovative experimentation on-the-ground, and some of the conditions necessary for success ...

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Microenvironment Self‐Adaptive Nanoarmor to Address Adhesion‐ and Colonization‐Related Obstacles in Impaired Intestine Promote Bacteriotherapy Against Parkinson's Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A microenvironment self‐adaptive nanoarmor is developed to effectively address the adhesion‐ and colonization‐related challenges posed by multiple physiological and pathological characteristics in the intestine. L. plantarum@MPN@CS showed significant therapeutic potential in treating Parkinson's disease (PD), a model for extraintestinal disorders, as ...
Limeng Zhu, Yuyu Wu, Yingjie Chen, Xiyi Chen, Xingjie Zan, Yanlong Liu, Wujun Geng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sanitation as a Business: Unclogging the Blockages [PDF]

, 2014
The first Unclogging the Blockages conference took place in Kampala, Uganda in February 2014 with the aim of putting on the table some of the major challenges facing the scale up of sustainable sanitation as well as collaborating towards innovaive ...
Andy Narracott, Christophe Nothomb, John Sauer, Marielle Snell   +3 more
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