One-week 96-well soft agar growth assay for cancer target validation by Ning Ke, Aaron Albers, Gisela Claassen, De-hua Yu, Jon E. Chatterton, Xiuyuan Hu, Bernd Meyhack, Flossie Wong-Staal, Qi-Xiang Li

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Calcium Phosphate Coatings with Controlled Micro/Nano-Structures for Endothelial Cells Viability by Adil Elrayah, Ke Duan, Xiong Lu, Xiaob Lu, Jie Weng

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Robust ordered mRNA differential display: an improved method for global gene expression profiling by Honggao Liu, Jihong Hu, Lei Pan, Shuzhen Wang, Ying He, Yi Ding

“…We developed an improved GGEP method called “robust ordered mRNA differential display (RoDD)” by combining mRNA differential display (DD) and complementary DNA amplified fragment length polymorphisms (cDNA-AFLP) using elaborately designed primers and a poly (dT:A) replacement technique. Redundancy was minimized by bead-based isolation and coverage was improved by using restriction enzymes that recognized 4-bp sites. …”
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Arthroscopic Minced Cartilage Implantation for Chondral Lesion at the Glenoid in the Shoulder: Technical Note by Martin Bischofreiter, M.D., Christina Hraba, M.Sc., Franziska Lioba Breulmann, M.D., Michael Gruber, M.D., Michael Gattringer, M.D., Georg Mattiassich, P.D., M.D., Reinhold Ortmaier, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.

“…However, it is essential to consider the size of the damage as well as the subchondral bone involvement. As joint replacement is not an appropriate treatment for young people, a joint-preserving technique should be preferred. …”
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Management of severe tricuspid valve regurgitation due to ruptured papillary muscle in a patient with mediastinitis early after heart transplantCentral MessagePerspective by Erin M. Schumer, MD, MPH, Kunal D. Kotkar, MD, M. Faraz Masood, MD, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, Ralph J. Damiano, MD, Amit Pawale, MD

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Comparison of different surgical approaches for ascending aortic surgery with or without aortic valve involvement: Right anterior minithoracotomy versus conventional median sternot... by Mustafa Serkan Durdu, MD, PhD, Fatih Gümüş, MD, Cengiz Bolcal, MD

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Transvenous pacing leads implanted in epicardial position: A recipe for future epicardial pacing electrode?Central MessagePerspective by Seraina Brütsch, MD, Christian Balmer, MD, Hitendu Dave, MD

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Quadricuspid aortic valve repair: Results of a phenotype-based approachCentral MessagePerspective by Karen B. Abeln, MD, Jan M. Federspiel, MD, Lennart Froede, MD, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, MD

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Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspective by Husam H. Balkhy, MD, Sarah Nisivaco, BS, Gianluca Torregrossa, MD, Hiroto Kitahara, MD, Brooke Patel, APN, Kaitlin Grady, PA-C, Charocka Coleman, APN

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Results of mitral valve reconstruction using substitute extracellular matrixCentral MessagePerspective by Maria Arbona, MD, MEBCT, Tirone E. David, MD, Carolyn M. David, BN, Vivek Rao, MD, PhD

“…Fifty-five percent of the patients who required annular reconstruction received a mitral valve replacement (MVR). There were 2 perioperative deaths (7%). …”
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Aortic and arch branch vessel cannulation in acute type A aortic dissection repairCentral MessagePerspective by Elizabeth L. Norton, MS, Karen M. Kim, MD, Shinichi Fukuhara, MD, Aroma Naeem, BA, Xiaoting Wu, PhD, Himanshu J. Patel, MD, G. Michael Deeb, MD, Bo Yang, MD, PhD

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Midterm results after seamless patch mitral reconstructionCentral MessagePerspective by Soh Hosoba, MD, PhD, Toshiaki Ito, MD, PhD, Makoto Mori, MD, PhD, Riku Kato, MD, Masaaki Kobayashi, MD, Yuji Nakai, CP, Yoshihiro Morishita, MD, PhD

“…However, the extent of mitral leaflet segments that could be safely repaired using this technique remains unknown. We investigated the association between the midterm outcome and the extent of mitral leaflet segments replaced by a pericardial patch. …”
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Modified transventricular and transaortic mitral valve edge-to-edge repair mimicking MitraClip overcorrectionCentral MessagePerspective by Nestoras Papadopoulos, MD, PhD, Omer Dzemali, MD, PhD, Luisa Bott, MD, Vasileios Ntinopoulos, MD, Aleksandra Miskovic, MD, Anton Moritz, MD, PhD

“…Objective: In the current study, we present our mid-term experience with modified edge-to-edge repair technique through a transventricular and transaortic route in patients requiring left ventricular remodeling or aortic root/valve surgery. …”
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Experience with bioresorbable splints for treatment of airway collapse in a pediatric populationCentral MessagePerspective by Ali Kamran, MD, Charles J. Smithers, MD, Christopher W. Baird, MD, Russell W. Jennings, MD

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Safety of cerebrospinal fluid drainage for spinal cord ischemia prevention in thoracic endovascular aortic repairCentral MessagePerspective by John R. Spratt, MD, MA, Kristen L. Walker, MD, Tyler J. Wallen, DO, Dan Neal, MS, Yury Zasimovich, MD, George J. Arnaoutakis, MD, Tomas D. Martin, MD, Martin R. Back, MD, MS, Salvatore T. Scali, MD, Thomas M. Beaver, MD, MPH

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Total endovascular arch repair: Initial experience in BolognaCentral MessagePerspective by Luca Di Marco, MD, PhD, Chiara Nocera, MD, PhD, Francesco Buia, MD, Francesco Campanini, MD, Domenico Attinà, MD, Giacomo Murana, MD, Luigi Lovato, MD, Davide Pacini, MD, PhD

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Transannular bovine jugular vein monocusp for the reconstruction of severe right ventricular outflow tract obstructionCentral MessagePerspective by Luigi Di Pasquale, MD, Olivia Jaeger, MD, Tugba Erdil, MD, Martin Christmann, MD, Daniel Quandt, MD, Robert Cesnjevar, MD, Hitendu Dave, MD

“…Longer follow-up is needed to determine its impact on delaying a pulmonary valve replacement. Video Abstract: …”
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Management of the mitral valve in thoracoscopic trans-mitral myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathyCentral MessagePerspective by Tong Tan, MD, Jian Liu, MD, Bingqi Fu, MD, Peijian Wei, MD, Wei Zhu, MD, Jian Zhuang, MD, PhD, Jimei Chen, MD, PhD, Huiming Guo, MD

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Site-directed mutagenesis of multi-copy-number plasmids: Red/ET recombination and unique restriction site elimination by Stephan Noll, Gabriele Hampp, Hanna Bausbacher, Natalia S. Pellegata, Harald Kranz

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Powering Implanted Devices Wirelessly Using Spider-Web Coil by Amal Ibrahim Mahmood, Sadik Kamel Gharghan, Mohamed A.A. Eldosoky, Ahmed M. Soliman

“…The wireless power transfer (WPT) technique, specifically magnetic resonator coupling (MRC), was utilized to address the limited battery capacity of IBMs. …”
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