Bothrops asper snake venom and its metalloproteinase BaP–1 activate the complement system. Role in leucocyte recruitment by Sandra H. P. Farsky, Luís Roberto C. Gonçalves, José M. Gutiérrez, Adriana P. Correa, Alexandra Rucavado, Philippe Gasque, Denise V. Tambourgi

“…Pre-incubation of serum with the soluble human recombinant complement receptor type 1 (sCR 1) did not prevent the response induced by the venom, but abolished the migration evoked by metalloproteinase-activated serum. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria on the Mobile Phones and Computer Keyboards of Healthcare University Students in Ghana by Michael Olu-Taiwo, Christian Afotey Laryea, David Kweku Mykels, Akua Obeng Forson

“…Globally, mobile phones and computers (laptops and desktops) are indispensable part of human lives for communication, entertainment, and educational purposes. …”
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Design and performance analysis of wireless body area networks in complex indoor e-Health hospital environments for patient remote monitoring by Erik Aguirre, Peio Lopez-Iturri, Leyre Azpilicueta, Carmen Rivarés, José Javier Astrain, Jesús Villadangos, Francisco Falcone

“…Additionally, an in-house developed human body model has been developed in order to model the impact of the presence of monitored patients. …”
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Copy Number Variations in Short Tandem Repeats Modulate Growth Traits in Penaeid Shrimp Through Neighboring Gene Regulation by Hao Zhou, Guangfeng Qiang, Yan Xia, Jian Tan, Qiang Fu, Kun Luo, Xianhong Meng, Baolong Chen, Meijia Chen, Juan Sui, Ping Dai, Xupeng Li, Mianyu Liu, Qun Xing, Jie Kong, Sheng Luan

“…These findings introduce a model for STR copy number regulation in non-human species, illuminating the influence of STRs on growth traits. …”
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Efficacy of malic and tartaric acid in mitigation of cadmium stress in Spinacia oleracea L. via modulations in physiological and biochemical attributes by Ansa Shabbir, Anis Ali Shah, Sheeraz Usman, Shakil Ahmed, Muhammad Kaleem, Shiffa Shafique, Mansour K. Gatasheh

“…This problem not only harms the natural environment, but it also causes major harm to human health via the food chain. The use of chelating agent is a useful strategy to avoid heavy metal uptake and accumulation in plants. …”
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CNN-Based Object Recognition and Tracking System to Assist Visually Impaired People by Fahad Ashiq, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Sadia Zafar, Khalid Masood, Toqeer Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Ik Hyun Lee

“…In recent times, technology proved its presence in every domain, and innovative devices assist humans in their daily lives. In this work, a smart and intelligent system is designed for VIPs to assist mobility and ensure their safety. …”
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Various Textiles-Based Comparative Analysis of a Millimeter Wave Miniaturized Novel Antenna Design for Body-Centric Communications by Mohammad Monirujjaman Khan, Kaisarul Islam, Md. Nakib Alam Shovon, Mehedi Masud, Mohammed Baz, Mohammed A. AlZain

“…For the on-body scenario, the antenna was simulated over five different distances from a human torso phantom. At the closest distance from the phantom, the antenna’s gain was 5.27 dBi, while the radiation dropped significantly to 63%. …”
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Are lateralized and bold fish optimistic or pessimistic? by F. Berlinghieri, G. Rizzuto, L. Kruizinga, B. Riedstra, TGG. Groothuis, C. Brown

“…The concept of the cognitive judgement bias has its origins in human psychology but has been applied to animals over the past 2 decades. …”
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GC1126A, a novel ADAMTS13 mutein, evades autoantibodies in immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura by Heechun Kwak, Gahee Choi, Suyong Kim, Ji-Min Park, Youngeun Kwon, Yongmin Lee, Chaemok Lee, Shangbin Yang, Spero Cataland, Sunghyun Kim, Soo-Mee Bang, Jae-Ho Yoon, Wooin Lee, Hyun-Ja Nam

“…In addition, GC1126A outperformed recombinant human wild-type ADAMTS13 (rh WT-ADAMTS13) and caplacizumab in terms of platelet recovery and sustained effectiveness. …”
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Inhibition of Endothelial Cell Tube Formation by Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Anti-Angiopoietin-2 RNA Nanoparticles by Cheng Zhong, Zhanquan Shi, Chia-Yang Liu, Daniel W. Binzel, Kai Jin, Xin Li, Peixuan Guo, S. Kevin Li

“…To further investigate the antiangiogenic potential of these RNA nanoparticles, a modified three-dimensional (3D) spheroid sprouting assay model of human umbilical vein endothelial cells was utilized in the present study. …”
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Spontaneous high clonal expansion of Wilms’ tumor gene 1-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in patients with Wilms’ tumor gene 1-expressing solid tumor by Soyoko Morimoto, Yukie Tanaka, Jun Nakata, Fumihiro Fujiki, Kana Hasegawa, Hiroko Nakajima, Sumiyuki Nishida, Akihiro Tsuboi, Naoki Hosen, Naoki Kagawa, Motohiko Maruno, Akira Myoui, Takayuki Enomoto, Shuichi Izumoto, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Naoya Hashimoto, Toshiki Yoshimine, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Yusuke Oji, Yoshihiro Oka, Haruo Sugiyama

“…The frequencies of WT1126-CTLs were higher in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*02:01+ PTs than in HLA-A*02:01+ HVs, although the difference was not statistically significant. …”
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Patient with Jaundice, Dyspnea and Hyperferritinemia after COVID-19 by V. R. Grechishnikova, P. E. Tkachenko, M. S. Zharkova, T. P. Nekrasova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Glucocorticosteroids therapy, transfusions of human immunoglobulin, albumin, and parenteral nutrition have led to patient's condition improvement.Conclusion. …”
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Genomics costing tool: considerations for improving cost-efficiencies through cross scenario comparison by Marco Marklewitz, Alexandr Jaguparov, Aude Wilhelm, Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Biran Musul, Angela Lee Poates, Babak Afrough, Ashley Norberg, Noah Clayton Hull, Soudeh Ehsani, Group members of GCT pilot working group, Joanna Salvi Le Garrec, Toni Whistler

“…The GCT enables laboratories to estimate and visualize costs, plan budgets, and improve cost-efficiencies for sequencing and bioinformatics based on factors such as equipment purchase and preventative maintenance, reagents and consumables, annual sample throughput, human resources training, quality assurance and management. …”
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Molecular profiling of bladder cancer xenografts defines relevant molecular subtypes and provides a resource for biomarker discovery. by Sharada Mokkapati, Ganiraju Manyam, Alexis R. Steinmetz, Côme Tholomier, Alberto Martini, Woonyoung Choi, Bogdon Czerniak, Byron H Lee, Colin P Dinney, David J McConkey

“…We comprehensively characterized nine human BLCA cell lines (UC3, UC6, UC9, UC13, UC14, T24, SCaBER, RT4V6 and RT112) into molecular subtypes using orthotopic xenograft models. …”
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SETD2 loss-of-function uniquely sensitizes cells to epigenetic targeting of NSD1-directed H3K36 methylation by Ryan T. Wagner, Ryan A. Hlady, Xiaoyu Pan, Liguo Wang, Sungho Kim, Xia Zhao, Louis Y. El Khoury, Shafiq Shaikh, Jian Zhong, Jeong-Heon Lee, Jolanta Grembecka, Tomasz Cierpicki, Thai H. Ho, Keith D. Robertson

“…Confirmation of this synthetic lethal interaction is performed in isogenic clear cell renal cell carcinoma and immortalized renal epithelial cell lines, in mouse and human backgrounds. Depletion of NSD1 using a CRISPRi targeting approach promotes the loss of SETD2-mutant cells coincident with elevated levels of DNA damage and apoptosis. …”
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STUDY ON IN VITRO PROPAGATION AND DEVELOPMENT GROWTH OF GYNOSTEMMA PUBESCENS IN THE GREENHOUSE CONDITION by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hằng, Lê Ái Vân, Đinh Văn Khiêm, Hoàng Văn Cương, Nguyễn Thị Phượng Hoàng, Phan Xuân Huyên

“…The Gynostemma pubescens plant, which is distributed mainly over the northern provinces, is a valuable and beneficial herb for human health. In this study, we investigated in vitro propagation and cultivation to evaluate the growth and development of Gynostemma pubescens in greenhouse conditions at Dalat city, Lamdong province. …”
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Expanding of Excimer Laser Photoablation’s Functionality in Ophthalmology by V. A. Alekseev, V. G. Kostin, A. V. Usoltseva, V. P. Usoltsev, S. I. Yuran

“…., expand the ablation zone by 30 % and eliminate the possibility of errors caused by the human factor. The technique proposed can be used for excimer laser vision correction according to PRK, LASIK, Femto-LASIK, and other methods. …”
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Off-the-shelf CAR-NK cells targeting immunogenic cell death marker ERp57 execute robust antitumor activity and have a synergistic effect with ICD inducer oxaliplatin by Jichao Sun, Dinglan Wu, Liuhai Zheng, Huifang Wang, Jihao Zhou, Guangwei Shi, Jingbo Ma, Yuke Jiang, Zhiyu Dong, Jiexuan Li, Yuan-Qiao He, Chengchao Xu, Zhijie Li, Jigang Wang

“…A candidate Nb with high binding affinity to both human and mouse ERp57 was used for constructing CAR-NK cells. …”
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Optimasi formula enkapsulasi ekstrak propolis Trigona menggunakan maltodekstrin-gum biji selasih dengan teknik spray drying by Bendi Sabela, Dede Robiatul Adawiyah, Nur Wulandari

“…Propolis has the potential to be widely used in the food industry due to its biological activities that are beneficial for human health, including as an antioxidant. The objectives of this research were to produce encapsulated propolis extract powders (EPEP) in optimum formula using a combination of coating materials (maltodextrin and basil seed gum (BSG)) by spray drying technique, and determining the physicochemical characteristics of the optimum EPEP. …”
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Application of cold atmospheric plasma for decontamination of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins: a systematic review by Amanda Cristina Dias de Oliveira, Sher Ali, Carlos Humberto Corassin, Sana Ullah, Karina Nascimento Pereira, James Leon Walsh, Nataša Hojnik, Carlos Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira

“…These contaminants pose severe risks to human and animal health, with their potential to produce a variety of different toxic effects. …”
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