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If We Allow Football Players and Boxers to be Paid for Entertaining the Public, Why Don’t We Allow Kidney Donors to be Paid for Saving Lives? [PDF]

, 2018
We contrast the compensation ban on organ donation with the legal treatment of football, boxing, and other violent sports where both acute and chronic injuries to participants are common. Our claim is that there is a stronger case for compensating kidney
Cook, Philip J., Krawiec, Kimberly D.
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Microneedle Technology in Psoriasis Management: Mechanistic Insights, Technological Innovation, Clinical Progress, and Challenges

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores the evolving role of microneedle systems in psoriasis management, highlighting their potential for enhanced drug delivery, diagnosis, and disease monitoring. It also discusses unmet clinical needs for psoriasis management and technical challenges, while outlining strategic directions to advance microneedle integration into routine ...
Fatma Moawad, Yasmine Ruel, Roxane Pouliot, Davide Brambilla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of intervention towards blood donation to increase voluntary blood donation: a systematic review

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Although blood is the essence of life, and is one of the most precious donations; blood transfusion services are facing shortage of blood all over the world. A significant percentage of people have false beliefs about blood donation. Increase in the level of knowledge and correction of false beliefs should be the top most priority.
Fatema Easmin, M. Ashadul Islam, Shariful Islam, Atiar Rahman, Farah Anjum Sonia   +4 more
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A mathematical model for bone marrow donors' registries and cord blood banks [PDF]

This paper constructs an economic analysis of some organ donation organizations. The two main examples are voluntary marrow donor registries and cord blood banks.
Florens, Jean-Pierre, Fève, Frédérique   +1 more
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Multiphysics‐Driven Assembly of Biomimetic Vesicles

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Artificial extracellular vesicles, derived from cell membranes, are manufactured using a multiphysics‐integrated microfluidic platform that combines nanoknife membrane rupture, herringbone chaotic mixing, and acoustothermal modulation. This standardizable workflow enables the predictable control of vesicle formation and therapeutic loading, while ...
Timofei Solodko, Ian Gimino, Aastha Chandiwala, Bayan Alkotoub, Ali Bashiri Dezfouli, Heiko Reith, Asjad Bakhtiar, Rojda Hicsanmaz, Johann Brenner, Christoph J. O. Kaiser, Elena Belli, Shilpi Pandey, Samuel D. Rabkin, Kornelius Nielsch, Gabriele Multhoff, Oliver Hayden, Morteza Hasanzadeh Kafshgari   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of levels of awareness towards blood donation in Saudi Arabia

AIMS Public Health, 2018
Background: blood products is an interesting term as all blood and blood transfusion procedures carry risk even with advance screening of donors and donated blood.
Saleh Hadi Alharbi, Fahad A. Alateeq, Ibrahim Bin Ahmed, AbdulRahman Ali A. Alsogair, Yousef Duhaim A. Al-Rashdi, Thamer Z. Aldugieman, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrasound in Women's Health: Mechanisms, Applications, and Emerging Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
As healthcare moves toward decentralization, ultrasound technologies are evolving from strictly imaging tools in clinical settings into versatile diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, with growing roles addressing women's health needs. This review highlights how ultrasound's underlying physical mechanisms can be harnessed to reduce disparities in women'
Sarah B. Ornellas, Bilal Kizilaslan, Aastha Shah, Jason F. Hou, Yoonsoo Shin, Alejandra Hernandez Moyers, Claudia Lozano, Canan Dagdeviren   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Custom, Contract, and Kidney Exchange [PDF]

, 2012
In this Essay, we examine a case in which the organizational and logistical demands of a novel form of organ exchange (the nonsimultaneous, extended, altruistic donor (NEAD) chain) do not map cleanly onto standard cultural schemas for either market or ...
Healy, Kieran, Krawiec, Kimberly D.
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Serotonergic System‐Targeted Nucleic Acid Hydrogel Coordinates Excitability Restoration and Circuit Reconstruction for Spinal Cord Injury Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The study reports a DNA/RNA heteroduplex hydrogel (SeroPTEN‐CG) that undergoes DNase‐mediated hydrogel‐to‐nanogel transition for spinal cord injury therapy by targeting the serotonergic system, combining 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT)‐mediated excitability restoration to reactivate dormant interneurons with phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)‐targeted ...
Chunlin Li, Xiaoqing Zhao, Kai Jiang, Haixia Kang, Shuo Liu, Linlin Jiang, Baoshuai Bai, Haonan Cui, Ziyang Zhang, Menglei Dong, Ruizhi Zhang, Chenbo Zou, Shenghui Shang, Chi Zhang, Xiangchuang Fan, Lijuan Zhu, Huiquan Duan, Chuan Zhang, Shiqing Feng, Hengxing Zhou   +19 more
wiley   +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