In vitro evaluation of a multifunctional nano drug delivery system based on tigecycline-loaded calcium-phosphate/ poly-DL-lactide-co-glycolide.

abstract：:The cilia, presenting a rotational movement in the embryonic nodes, play a crucial role in the left-right specification during embryogenesis. The characteristic architecture of these cilia is based on a cylindrical arrangement of 9 doublet microtubules and the motion of the cilia is triggered by the dynein motors loca...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Chen D,Zhong Y,Shinohara K,Nishida T,Hasegawa T,Hamada H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between carbon nanotubes and important biomolecules, above all collagen molecules, have not been studied in detail. This situation is partly due to the fact that CNT are solid entities, while most of the biomolecules can be prepared in solution. We used turbidity as a means of evaluating the interacti...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kuboki Y,Terada M,Kitagawa Y,Abe S,Uo M,Watari F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a major cause of death and disability throughout the world. Subtotal occlusion of the carotid artery is an important risk factor for stroke. Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is increasingly being used for treatment of carotid artery stenosis. There are many reports on treating carotid artery stenosis by CAS; ho...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang C,Wang Z,Zheng H,Qiu Y,He X,Yang H,Liu W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of materials have been considered as sources of grafts to repair bone defects. Here, we examined the possibility of creating in situ-forming gels from sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) for use as an in vivo carrier of demineralized bone matrix (DBM). The interaction between ani...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kim KS,Kang YM,Lee JY,Kim ES,Kim CH,Min BH,Lee HB,Kim JH,Kim MS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the single channel speech enhancement system using subband Kalman filtering by estimating optimal Autoregressive (AR) coefficients and variance for speech and noise, using Weighted Linear Prediction (WLP) and Noise Weighting Function (NWF). The system is applied for normal and Oesophageal speech si...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Ishaq R,García Zapirain B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering, life sciences, cell and molecular biology toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, and improve tissue function. In Western Countries, tissues or cells management for clinical uses is a medical ac...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： de Isla N,Huseltein C,Jessel N,Pinzano A,Decot V,Magdalou J,Bensoussan D,Stoltz JF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A robust method for inducing bone-formation without an autograft has not been established. Currently, both platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) have been widely investigated for their clinical use in such cases. However, their synergistic effect is still controversial and previously shown di...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Yoshida K,Sumita Y,Marukawa E,Harashima M,Asahina I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the organism epithelia perform perfect barrier functions. Strong rheological and mechanical influences constitute the normal environment of this tissue throughout life. Most epithelia are exposed to different fluids at the luminal and basal sides. To obtain realistic information about tissue development in modern b...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Minuth WW,Schumacher K,Strehl R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyapatite is widely utilized as a component in dental hygiene agents. The ability to adsorb and remove dental plaque adhering to tooth surfaces is recognized as an important property of hydroxyapatite particles. In this study, the adsorptive ability of hydroxyapatite was evaluated based on its adsorptive amount a...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Niwa M,Li W,Sato T,Daisaku T,Aoki H,Aoki H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty two ceramic femoral heads have been investigated after implantation. All heads had articulated against ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) cups. Examination of the heads shows changes in sphericity and surface roughness due to the wear. The behaviour of these retrieved heads after clinical use conf...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Fernández-Fairén M,Sala P,Gil FJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of Zn on the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA), zinc-containing glass 58S4Z was prepared by substitution of CaO with 4 wt% ZnO in 58S bioactive glass, and Zn-containing simulated body fluid (ZnSBF) was prepared as soaking fluid. During the soaking, all samples could induce the deposition of HA...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Du RL,Chang J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food systems are complex and inhomogeneous in nature. Ultrasonic propagation velocity in the food systems, in this case processed milk cream and vegetable oils, is studied. Ultrasonic properties of the food systems are similar to those of complex biological tissues. The presence of vegetable oil as an adulterant in th...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Singh VR,Kumar A

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel technique and product for carpal tunnel microscopic surgical procedures using a modified medical device containing a head as a surgical scalpel under light guidance were designed and studied. The novel design of the medical device was developed and applied in a new carpal tunnel microscopic surgical procedure ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Chiang MC,Huang CC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fretting corrosion of five materials for implant suprastructures (cast-titanium, machined-titanium, gold alloy, silver-palladium alloy and chromium-nickel alloy), was investigated in vitro, the materials being galvanically coupled to a titanium ball-and-socket-joint with tetrafluoroethylene under mechanical load. ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Gil FJ,Canedo R,Padrós A,Bañeres MV,Arano JM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental results on the platelet adhesion, and CHO cell adhesion and growth onto nonionic surfactant which is composed of a long alkyl chain (n = 12-18) as the hydrophobic part, and a polyethyleneoxide (PEO) segment (n = 10-23) as the hydrophilic part coated and air-plasma treated PSf surfaces are presented in ter...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Khang G,Jeong BJ,Lee HB,Park JB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potassium-doped synthetic apatite was prepared by soaking hydroxyapatite in potassium carbonate and potassium chloride solutions. The hydroxyapatite was prepared by firing slip cast ceramic bodies in vacuum at 1100 degrees C. The conical ceramic samples and a crushed material of this were soaked in carbonate and chl...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Nordström EG,Karlsson KH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially pure titanium (CPT) substrate was subjected to porcelain firing and bond strengths under three-point bending mode (span length: 15 mm; crosshead speed: 0.5 mm/min) were evaluated. Experimental variables included surface treatments of CPT and porcelain firing schedules. Variables for the surface treatments...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Oshida Y,Fung LW,Isikbay SC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to evaluate whether the accumulation model developed by Zarfl et al. (2008) could be used to predict the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of a group of antibacterial fluoroquinolones (FQs) for Escherichia coli (E. coli). Our model, which is based on the "Fick-Nernst-Planck" equatio...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang W,Wang C,Tam KY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium has attracted a lot of attention as a new class of biodegradable material. The surface properties of magnesium in simulated body fluid (SBF) were investigated in the current research work. Cast magnesium samples with different surface characteristics were prepared which were then placed in SBF for 2, 4 and 8...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Sana A,Malik I,Mujahid M,Akram MA,Adeel Umer M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-layered tube consisting of a porous inner tube and a solid outer tube was used to perfuse isotonic saline solution into blood to prevent blood cell adhesion. Polystyrene/poly(styrene-co-butadiene) (PS-SBR) porous tubes were made using a dipping method. Citrated canine blood was circulated for 30 min with the ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kim SS,Park JB

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose computed tomography reconstruction is an important issue in the medical imaging domain. Sparse-view has been widely studied as a potential strategy. Compressed sensing (CS) method has shown great potential to reconstruct high-quality CT images from sparse-view projection data. Nonetheless, low-contrast struct...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Qi H,Chen Z,Guo J,Zhou L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chondrocytes hypertrophy is a physiological process observed in endochondral ossification during development until adolescence in human. It can also be observed during pathophysiological conditions such as osteoarthritis. Hypertrophic chondrocytes synthesise collagen X and express matrix metalloproteinase 13...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Filip A,Bianchi A,Mainard D,Lacolley P,Magdalou J,Mercier N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose tissue engineering has been studied as an alternative to current options for breast reconstruction, such as lipofilling, flap reconstruction, and silicone implants. Previously, we demonstrated that a poly(L-lactic acid) mesh containing a collagen sponge, containing neither cells nor growth factors, c...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kambe Y,Ogino S,Yamanaka H,Morimoto N,Yamaoka T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polylactic acid (PLA)/styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) composites were prepared by melt blending. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD) were used to characterize PLA and PLA/SEBS composites in terms of their melting behavior and crystallization. Curves from thermal gra...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Tsou CH,Kao BJ,Yang MC,Suen MC,Lee YH,Chen JC,Yao WH,Lin SM,Tsou CY,Huang SH,De Guzman M,Hung WS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) solutions were frozen at -20 degrees C for 6-12 h, and subsequently thawed for 1-2 h. The above mentioned process repeated for 1-3 times. After the specimen was dehydrated in vacuum, a kind of artificial articular cartilage--PVA-hydrogel--was developed. The micromorphology of PVA-hydrogel h...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Gu ZQ,Xiao JM,Zhang XH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical behavior of three styrenic thermoplastic block copolymer elastomers with applied surgical sutures was studied by uniaxial tensile testing. The materials exhibited oriented cylindrical microstructure. Distinct macroscopic deformation mechanisms have been observed upon stretching of samples with vertical ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Stasiak J,Nair S,Moggridge GD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different types of colloidal lipid particles are presented and compared as innovative carrier systems. Size distribution and storage stability of formulations produced by hot high pressure homogenisation in lab and medium scale production were investigated by laser diffractometry (LD) and photon correlation spectr...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Saupe A,Wissing SA,Lenk A,Schmidt C,Müller RH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant progress has been achieved in the field of pH-sensitive drug delivery system in recent years. For layer-by-layer self-assembly nanocarriers, various pH values can induce the change of permeability and structural stability of the outer polyelectrolyte multi-layers, resulting in the release of the loaded dru...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang HY,Sun YF,Sun YL,Zhou M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the ability of assessing the refractive change induced by myopic laser surgery using the intrinsic data, obtained from a reference intrinsic to the cornea. Twenty-nine eyes with laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia were included in the study. Statistical analyses were performed to determine the relation...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Liu Y,Wang Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:It is suggested that nanophase hydroxyapatite (nHAP) might have advantages over conventional hydroxyapatite (cHAP) as a biomaterial for bone regeneration. To be a satisfactory candidate for bone tissue engineering, it is important to support the growth and differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal s...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhou GS,Su ZY,Cai YR,Liu YK,Dai LC,Tang RK,Zhang M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00