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Coordinated Architectural and Chemical Reinforcement in the Crushing Mandible of a Soldier Termite

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The crushing mandible of a soldier termite withstands substantial biting loads despite lacking mineral. Its cuticle is partitioned: convex teeth pair hardness and zinc enrichment with aligned chitin fibers for contact durability, while stiffer concave regions between teeth carry bending loads.
Andrew Tran Nguyen, Patryk Wąsik, Juan Fernando Cucuyame Morales, Marie Kate Palau, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Phani Saketh Dasika, Jin Hee Kim, Radhika Laxminarayana, Eric Hintsala, Greta Chang, Junzhi Liao, Lizhi Sun, Nathan Lord, Atsushi Arakaki, Paul Bardunias, Pablo Zavattieri, David Kisailus   +16 more
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Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism (rs731236) and aggrecan gene VNTR polymorphism with the risk of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration

Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
Background: Low back pain is one of the most common causes of referral to physicians. Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is the main cause of back pain in different countries. It seems that genetic factors are more effective than environmental factors in the
Kaveh Haddadi, Mohammad Sahebi, Abdolkarim Mahrooz, Masoud Shayestehazar, Mohammad Bagher Hashemi-Soteh   +4 more
doaj  

Microfluidic Nano‐Assembly of Red‐Blood‐Cell (RBC) Lipids and Components for Engineering Extracellular Vesicles

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Engineered red blood cell‐derived extracellular vesicles (eRBCEVs) are synthesized via controlled microfluidic assembly from native RBC lipids, enabling tunable encapsulation of proteins, nucleic acids, nanoparticles, and viral vectors. The platform demonstrates reproducible nanoscale architecture, preserved membrane composition, and functional cargo ...
Chiranth K. Nagaraj, Xilal Y. Rima, Kim T. Nguyen, Courtney Culkins, Nana Boateng, Jacob Doon‐Ralls, Alejandro Bresolin, Xin Huang, Hong Li, Vahedi Amid, Ajeet Pal Singh, Dharti Shantaram, Anastasiia Amari, Mangesh D. Hade, Nicholas R. Merriam, Zachary D. Schultz, Scott Q. Harper, Nizar Y. Saad, Setty M. Magaña, Willa A. Hsueh, Rachel E. Kopec, Blaise R. Kimmel, Andre F. Palmer, Eduardo Reátegui   +23 more
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Mechanically Compliant, Precision‐Porous Brain Implants Reduce the Foreign Body Reaction and Guide Regeneration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores how the brain responds to implants of different properties. Hydrogels with various mechanical properties and pore sizes were implanted in adult rat brains. It is observed that hydrogels with mechanical property closely matched to the brain and 40 µm pore size elicit a pro‐healing response from the brain by modulating the immune ...
Ian Dryg, Le Zhen, Rebecca Darrow, Savannah Lawton, Lars Crawford, Robert Robinson, Steve Perlmutter, James D. Bryers, Buddy D. Ratner   +8 more
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Nanomaterial Strategies for Pulmonary Delivery of Immunotherapeutics in Lung Cancer Treatment

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Inhalable immunotherapeutic nanomedicines enable organ‐selective immune modulation by overcoming pulmonary delivery barriers and concentrating therapy within lung tumors. This Review defines how nanomaterial properties govern airway deposition, retention, cellular partitioning, and immune activation across vaccines, checkpoint blockade, STING agonists,
Han Zhang, Wei Tang
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How is Nanoarchitectonics Shaping Extracellular Vesicle Research?

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The convergence of nanoarchitectonics and extracellular vesicle biology is reshaping next‐generation nanomedicine by enabling rationally designed nanostructures for enhanced EVs detection, engineering, and therapy. ABSTRACT Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained recognition as crucial mediators of cell‐to‐cell communication, holding immense potential
Madushani Dahanayake, Md Shahriar A. Hossain, Chia‐Hung Liu, Carlos Salomon, Yusuke Yamauchi, Mostafa Kamal Masud   +5 more
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Multiwavelength Implantable Oximeter for Wireless Monitoring of Tissue Oxygenation in the Presence of Blood Volume Changes

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents an implantable, wireless, battery‐free oximeter that can continuously monitor physiologically consistent regional tissue oxygenation under dynamic changes of blood volume. This is achieved through multiwavelength photoplethysmography and validated both via Monte Carlo simulations and in vivo rat studies. Different stress events were
Anat Usatinsky, Hugo L. Higueros‐Garcia, Sadi Loai, Samantha Unger, Jacob Trueb, Yonatan Usatinsky, Rawad Alkallas‐Valdiviezo, Noor Abu Jarad, Jonathan Wu, Hai‐Ling M. Cheng, John A. Rogers, Abraham Vázquez‐Guardado, Daniel Franklin   +12 more
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Selenium Electrophilic Center Responsive to Biological Electron Donors for Efficient Chemotherapy

Advanced Science
Designing drugs to intelligently respond to different ratio of biological electron donors/receptors in cancer cells and normal cells is a promising strategy to achieve highly effective and less toxic chemotherapy.
Xiaoyu Qin, Junxian Guo, Hui Li, Hanlong He, Fei Cai, Xinyan Chen, Mingkai Chen, Tianfeng Chen, Li Ma   +8 more
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Targeting CD300a Signaling With a Phosphatidylserine‐Presenting Hydrogel Rescues Macrophage Dysfunction and Accelerates Diabetic Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the proposed mechanism: PEG/RGD‐PSLs mimic apoptotic cells to engage PS receptors (notably CD300a), transducing an inhibitory signal that suppresses the MyD88/NF‐κB pathway, leading to global anti‐inflammatory and pro‐reparative effects.
Lele Wu, Xuetong Hao, Yang Zou, Xinglin Chen, Junyan Kong, Chunning Gu, Wenjie Ma, Zhongjun Yang, Huifen Liu, Mengmeng Liu, Xin Tong   +10 more
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Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in Bionanotechnology: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) enables the nanoscale mapping of electrostatic surface potentials. While widely applied in materials science, its use in biological systems remains emerging. This review presents recent advances in KPFM applied to biological samples and provides a critical perspective on current limitations and future directions for
Ehsan Rahimi, Mario Palacios‐Corella, Arjan Mol, Salvador Pané, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis   +4 more
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