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Reinforcement of Calcium Phosphate Cement with Hybrid Silk Fibroin/Kappa-Carrageenan Nanofibers
(MDPI, 2023-03-10)
Calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) offer a promising solution for treating bone defects due to their osteoconductive, injectable, biocompatible, and bone replacement properties. However, their brittle nature restricts their ...
Blending Electronics with the Human Body: a Pathway Toward a Cybernetic Future
(Wiley, 2018-10)
At the crossroads of chemistry, electronics, mechanical engineering, polymer science, biology, tissue engineering, computer science, and materials science, electrical devices are currently being engineered that blend ...
Plasma Rich in Growth Factors Membrane as Coadjuvant Treatment in the Surgery of Ocular Surface Disorders
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018-04)
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the surgical use of plasma rich in growth factors fibrin membrane (mPRGF) in different ocular surface pathologies.Fifteen patients with different corneal and conjunctival diseases ...
Differential profile of protein expression on human keratocytes treated with autologous serum and plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF)
(Public Library Science, 2018-10-12)
Purpose
The main objective of this study is to compare the protein expression of human keratocytes treated with Plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) or autologous serum (AS) and previously induced to myofibroblast by ...
Self-Healing Hydrogels: The Next Paradigm Shift in Tissue Engineering?
(Wiley, 2019-08-21)
Given their durability and long-term stability, self-healable hydrogels have, in the past few years, emerged as promising replacements for the many brittle hydrogels currently being used in preclinical or clinical trials. ...
Design and Manufacture of Bone Cements Based on Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate and Mg, Sr-Doped Bioactive Glass
(MDPI, 2023-10-18)
In the present study, a novel composite bone cement based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH) and Mg, Sr-containing bioactive glass (BG) as solid phase, and solution of chitosan as liquid phase were developed. The phase ...
Rhabdomyosarcoma: Current Therapy, Challenges, and Future Approaches to Treatment Strategies
(MDPI, 2023-11-02)
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare cancer arising in skeletal muscle that typically impacts children and young adults. It is a worldwide challenge in child health as treatment outcomes for metastatic and recurrent disease still ...
Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care: a case study of 15 countries
(Elsevier, 2023-12)
Background The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid scal resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of e ective health nancing mechanisms and policies, or lack thereof, a ected the ...
Pharmaceutical residues in stranded dolphins in the Bay of Biscay
(Elsevier, 2023-11-17)
There is a growing concern about the presence of pharmaceuticals on all trophic levels of the 3 aquatic environment. The presence of pharmaceuticals in the marine environment, which is the 4 final receiver of the continental ...
4D Printing: The Development of Responsive Materials Using 3D-Printing Technology
(MDPI, 2023-12-07)
Additive manufacturing, widely known as 3D printing, has revolutionized the production of biomaterials. While conventional 3D-printed structures are perceived as static, 4D printing introduces the ability to fabricate ...