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A Magneto‐Mechanically Activated Nerve Guidance Conduit Promotes Peripheral Nerve Regeneration via TIMP1‐Mediated Membrane Tension Transfer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a magneto‐mechanical strategy that incorporates FP@MSCs into an aligned PCL/GelMA nerve guidance conduit. Magnetic stimulation increases membrane tension in FP@MSCs, triggering cytoskeletal remodeling, Schwann cell‐like differentiation, and TIMP1 secretion. TIMP1 activates ITGB1/CD63–FAK signaling in NE‐4C cells, increasing membrane
Xinyu Zhu, Yumin Wu, Xiang Gao, Tianlu Wang, Wanting Jia, Xueying Mei, Huanzhong Ji, Zongxi Wu, Yujie Liang, Xiang Li, Kan Li, Jingyuan Li, Guangsen Zheng, Guiqing Liao, Siyong Gao   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrogels Augmented With Artificial Sweeteners can Inhibit Multidrug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Growth and Biofilm Formation While Demonstrating Safety in Pre‐Clinical Pilot Human Trials

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Using PVA–borax hydrogels as carriers for off‐the‐shelf artificial sweeteners to fight multidrug‐resistant A. baumannii. These soft, biocompatible hydrogels rapidly reduce bacterial viability within multidrug‐resistant A. baumannii biofilms by more than 99% within one hour and sustain antimicrobial activity over time, while demonstrating safety in both
Jie Han, Mohamed Soliman, Bin Zhang, Dominika Krawiel, Ronan R. McCarthy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Alkaline peptone water plus 0.5% agar suitable for transport of Vibrio cholerae [PDF]

Universa Medicina, 2011
Microbiological procedures for V. cholerae isolation from clinical specimens are important factors in clinical and epidemiological management of cholera. The standard preservation medium for enteric pathogenic bacteria, including V.
Meiyanti, Oktavianus Ch Salim, Julius E. Surjawidjaja, Murad Lesmana   +3 more
doaj  

Clinical Evaluation of Locally Made Flocked Swabs in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Developing Country

International Journal of Technology, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an international shortage of nasopharyngeal flocked swabs, which are one of the main supplies for diagnostic testing.
Narottama Tunjung, Prasetyanugraheni Kreshanti, Yulia Rosa Saharman, Yudan Whulanza, Sugeng Supriadi, Mochammad Chalid, Margareth Ingrid Anggraeni, Agus Rizal A. H. Hamid, Chaula Luthfia Sukasah   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing for Respiratory Viruses in Children

JAMA Pediatrics, 2017
While most viral respiratory tract infections can be diagnosed clinically, clinicians frequently order tests to identify the specific offending virus. While there has been tremendous growth in the variety, availability, and sophistication of the types of respiratory viral tests, there may have been less critical thought and discussion among frontline ...
Gill, PJ, Richardson, SE, Ostrow, O, Friedman, JN   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

PLL‐g‐HPA Hydrogel Microneedles Loaded With Rhoifolin Target Macrophages to Alleviate Fibroblast Senescence for Diabetic Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Diabetic wound healing is hindered by a pathological crosstalk wherein elevated IL‐11 induces M1 macrophage polarization, leading to IL‐1β/IL‐6 release and subsequent fibroblast senescence via RAS/p38MAPK/p53/E2F1 signaling. Here, we develop a Gel@M‐Rho microneedle patch that delivers rhoifolin‐loaded, macrophage membrane‐coated nanoparticles to target
Jiewen Liao, Lin Gan, Li Lu, Lizhi Ouyang, Yuan Xiong, Fawwaz Al‐Smadi, Guandong Dai, Mohammad‐Ali Shahbazi, Bobin Mi, Mengfei Liu, Guohui Liu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-sensitivity detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in tongue swab samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Tongue swab (TS) sampling combined with quantitative PCR (qPCR) to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) DNA is a promising alternative to sputum testing for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis.
Alaina M. Olson, Rachel C. Wood, Kris M. Weigel, Alexander J. Yan, Katherine A. Lochner, Rane B. Dragovich, Angelique K. Luabeya, Paul Yager, Mark Hatherill, Gerard A. Cangelosi   +9 more
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Review of Inorganic Separator Engineering for Next‐Generation Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Compromise or Cornerstone?

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inorganic compound‐modified separators transform lithium–sulfur batteries from passive polysulfide confinement to active reaction‐pathway regulation. A Practical Relevance Index (PRI)‐guided framework bridges interfacial chemistry of inorganic separators with practical constraints, establishing unified design principles for scalable, high‐energy ...
Yuting Qin, Tianyi Wang, Xingyu Wang, Kaifu Xu, Yuzhou Wang, Chengyin Wang, Bing Sun, Guoxiu Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lab‐in‐a‐Tube System Integrating Hierarchically Wrinkled Electrodes and DNAzyme‐Functionalized Beads for Diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile Infection

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The point‐of‐care diagnosis of Clostridioides difficile infection remains challenging due to reliance on slow culture and amplification‐based methods. A lab‐in‐a‐tube electrochemical biosensor integrating DNAzymes, antifouling magnetic beads, and a hierarchically structured flow cell enables amplification‐ and culture‐free detection directly in stool ...
Survanshu Saxena, Soyeon Lee, Youngeun Choi, Jonathan L'Heureux‐Hache, Jiaying Liu, Sadman Sakib, Sara M. Imani, Marek Smieja, Yingfu Li, Todd Hoare, Leyla Soleymani   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source