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Effect of flow-induced shear stress in nanomaterial uptake by cells: Focus on targeted anti-cancer therapy
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Recently, nanomedicines have gained a great deal of attention in diverse biomedical applications, including anti-cancer therapy. Being different from normal tissue, ...
Support of intelligent emergent materials to combat COVID-19 pandemic
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic, associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection
transmitted via human to human and cause lifethreatening
respiratory diseases, has emerged as an everincreasing
global health and economic crisis since its ...
Electrospun polylactic acid/date palm polyphenol extract nanofibres for tissue engineering applications
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Springer
, 2019 , Article)
In this study, a set of polylactic acid (PLA)/polyphenol extracted from date palm fruit (DP) blends were prepared by electrospinning process to be used as cell culture scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. For ...
Functional characterization of human myosin-binding protein C3 variants associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy reveals exon-specific cardiac phenotypes in zebrafish model
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Myosin-binding protein C 3 (MYBPC3) variants are the most common cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is a complex cardiac disorder due to its significant genetic and clinical ...
Heart function and hemodynamic analysis for zebrafish embryos
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
, 2017 , Article Review)
The Zebrafish has emerged to become a powerful vertebrate animal model for cardiovascular research in recent years. Its advantages include easy genetic manipulation, transparency, small size, low cost, and the ability to ...
Cardiac function and blood flow hemodynamics assessment of zebrafish (Danio rerio) using high-speed video microscopy
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
BackgroundIn the last few decades, zebrafish (Danio rerio) were introduced as a model organism to investigate human diseases including cardiovascular and neuronal disorders. In most zebrafish investigations, cardiac function ...
Characterization of Endothelial Cilia Distribution During Cerebral-Vascular Development in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
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American Heart Association
, 2018 , Article)
Objective—Endothelial cells (ECs) sense and respond to flow-induced mechanical stress, in part, via microtubule-based projections called primary cilia. However, many critical steps during vascular morphogenesis occur ...
Inhibition of p90 ribosomal S6 kinase potentiates cisplatin activity in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Royal Pharmaceutical Society Aim: Cisplatin is a standard treatment approach against lung adenocarcinoma. Resistance to cisplatin and the toxic side effects of cisplatin continue to remain a challenge. Combining ...
Growth factor loaded in situ photocrosslinkable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)/gelatin methacryloyl hybrid patch for diabetic wound healing
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
© 2020 The Authors Management of chronic diabetic ulcers remains as a major challenge in healthcare which requires extensive multidisciplinary approaches to ensure wound protection, management of excess wound exudates and ...
Materials Against COVID-19: How Materials Science can Impact the Pandemic?
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Emergent Materials Journal - Qatar University
, 2020 , Video)
This webinar aims to gather scientists, clinicians, and industry experts working on coronavirus (COVID-19). The focus of the event is a variety of material science applications for detection, prevention, and treatment of ...