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Tuning Mechanoreceptor Signaling Enhances the Adjuvant Effect of Biomaterial Vaccines

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Matrix stiffness serves as an independent immunological signal in biomaterial vaccines. Stiffer microporous hydrogel vaccines enhance dendritic cell maturation and migration to draining lymph nodes, promote T follicular helper cell expansion through Yap/Taz signaling, and increase antigen‐specific antibody production.
Lily Shang, Daniel P. Mayer, Prabhat K. Purbey, Yingzi Liu, Kindra Kelly‐Scumpia, Clara Kang, Natalie Tsubamoto, Dhriti Bolangadi, Iqra Arshad, Charisse Ng, Maksim V. Plikus, Dino Di Carlo, Jason S. Weinstein, Philip O. Scumpia   +13 more
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Development of Multifunctional Hierarchically Restructured Antibacterial Neural Interfacing Electrodes via Plasma‐Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Zinc Oxide Thin Films

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Next‐generation implantable neural‐interfacing devices are increasingly constrained by the coupled demands of electrode miniaturization, electrochemical performance, and implantation infection risk. Femtosecond laser–based hierarchical surface restructuring (HSR) technology has emerged as a scalable, manufacturing‐compatible platform for ...
Henna Khosla, Wesley Seche, Kriti Panchal, Steven J. May, Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Jacob Elmer, Tyler Cooper, Matthew J. Urban, Hailey Y. Maurer, Gregory A. Caputo, Jeffrey Hettinger, Shahram Amini, Gang Feng   +12 more
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Food Preferences and Nutritional Adequacy in Urban Informal Settlements: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Mazenda A, Boks H.
europepmc   +1 more source

One‐Step Curcumin‐Mediated Multiphoton Lithography for Bioactive 3D Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Curcumin‐mediated multiphoton lithography enables one‐step fabrication of highly architected complex gelatin methacryloyl scaffolds by exploiting curcumin as a multifunctional bioactive photoinitiator. The resulting 3D structures support mesenchymal stem cell adhesion, proliferation, and migration, while exhibiting dual antibacterial activity through ...
Myrto Charitaki, Michalis Stavrou, Chrysanthi Pinelopi Apostolidou, Elmina Kabouraki, David Gray, Anna Mitraki, Anthi Ranella, Maria Farsari   +7 more
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Built environment effects on older adults' health mediated by leisure activities and social participation in Dong settlements of Western Hunan. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Luo Y, Liu X, Wang Q, Gu M, Li Y, Luo W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mineral Deposition From Liquid Precursors Triggered by Complementary Polyelectrolytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Polyelectrolyte additives can delay or prevent crystal nucleation in supersaturated solutions of insoluble mineral salts such as calcium carbonate. This work reports that adding a second, oppositely‐charged polyelectrolyte leads to immediate mineral crystallization from such metastable solutions.
Mohammed Kayes Patoary, Eli Halperin Pierce, Elizabeth Siu, Brigitte Gallagher, Md Abul Shahid, Yang Zhang, Thomas B. H. Schroeder   +6 more
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Multi-level community dissemination of public health research: insights from the fuel to pot project case study in Kenya and Malawi. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Kalumbi L, Price H, Caes L, Orina F, Chasima T, Kambalame L, Chamba MVM, Lucas SE, Meme H, Semple S, Uny I.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An Electrowetting Pump

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tubular electrowetting pump moves alternating droplets through a millimeter‐wide channel in discrete, reversible steps, functioning as a fluidic stepper motor. With no moving parts and electrodes insulated from the liquid, it delivers silent, accurate flow. Flexibility allows the pump to be woven directly into textiles for wearable, medical, and soft‐
Robert Hennig, Herbert Shea
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Intersectional inequalities in healthcare utilisation in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA). [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Sesay IJ, Sesay S, Wurie-Kamara H, Tengbe SM, Fullah S, Vangahun D, Gandi I, de Siqueira Filha NT, Lakshman R, Conteh A, Saidu S, Koroma B, Mansaray B, Elsey H, Whittaker L, Dean L, Georgi NW, Nganda M, Refell F, Macarthy JM, Leyland AH, Tolhurst R, Kibuchi E.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sulfation‐Tunable Peptide‐Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels for Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Expansion

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Co‐assembly of rationally designed glycosaminoglycan‐binding peptides with sulfated glycosaminoglycans yields supramolecular hydrogels with tunable mechanics and matrix‐mediated cytokine retention. The glycosaminoglycans thereby act as cofactors, driving a coil‐to‐β‐sheet transition that triggers gelation.
Shirel Veretnik, Prannoy Seth, Maximilian Fusenig, Jens Friedrichs, Nicole Fertala, Passant Atallah, Uwe Freudenberg, Ayala Lampel, Carsten Werner   +8 more
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