Medical and Pharmaceutical
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A Reliable Flow-Based Method for the Accurate Measure of Mass Density, Size and Weight of Live 3D Tumor Spheroids
Gathering precise information on mass density, size and weight of cells or cell aggregates, is crucial for applications in many…
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High-throughput automated organoid culture via stem-cell aggregation in microcavity arrays
Abstract: Stem-cell-derived epithelial organoids are routinely used for the biological and biomedical modelling of tissues. However, the complexity, lack of…
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A fidget spinner for the point-of-care diagnosis of urinary tract infection
Abstract: The point-of-care detection of pathogens in biological samples in resource-limited settings should be inexpensive, rapid, portable, simple and accurate.…
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Diagnosis and prognosis of myocardial infarction on a plasmonic chip
Abstract: Cardiovascular diseases lead to 31.5% of deaths globally, and particularly myocardial infarction (MI) results in 7.4 million deaths per…
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Understanding antimicrobial prescribing in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia: a prospective cohort study
BackgroundVentilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is associated with significant healthcare cost, morbidity, and mortality, but can be difficult to identify, resulting in…
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Skin-interfaced biosensors for advanced wireless physiological monitoring in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units
Abstract: Standard clinical care in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units (NICUs and PICUs, respectively) involves continuous monitoring of vital signs…
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Laser-patterned paper-based sensors for rapid point-of-care detection and antibiotic-resistance testing of bacterial infections
Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been identified by the World Health Organisation as a global threat that currently claims at…
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Nanomaterials for molecular signal amplification in electrochemical nucleic acid biosensing: recent advances and future prospects for point-of-care diagnostics
Léonard Bezinge, Akkapol Suea-Ngam, Andrew J. deMello* and Chih-Jen Shih Abstract: With the increasing importance of personalized medicine and genomics,…
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Uniform nanoparticle vaccines
Precise loading of diverse peptides for vaccination is enabled by a strategy for peptide–TLR7/8 conjugate self-assembly of uniform nanoparticles. The…
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