Jeong, Yohan Jin, Minyoung Kim, Kyoung Sub Na, Kun
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Biomaterials Research
Background Computed tomography (CT) imaging has been widely used for the diagnosis and surveillance of diseases. Although CT is attracting attention due to its reasonable price, short scan time, and excellent diagnostic ability, there are severe drawbacks of conventional CT contrast agents, such as low sensitivity, serious toxicity, and complicated...
Bohara, Smriti Suthakorn, Jackrit
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Biomaterials Research
The use of orthopedic implants in surgical technology has fostered restoration of physiological functions. Along with successful treatment, orthopedic implants suffer from various complications and fail to offer functions correspondent to native physiology. The major problems include aseptic and septic loosening due to bone nonunion and implant sit...
Seo, Young-Wook Park, Jin-Young Lee, Da-Na Jin, Xiang Cha, Jae-Kook Paik, Jeong-Won Choi, Seong-Ho
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Biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) is the most frequently used synthetic bone substitutes, which comprises a combination of hydroxyapatite (HA) and beta-tricalcium phosphate (b-TCP). Thanks to the recent advances in digital dentistry and three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, synthetic block bone substitutes can be customized to fit individual d...
Zhu, Yaqiong Peng, Nan Wang, Jing Jin, Zhuang Zhu, Lianhua Wang, Yu Chen, Siming Hu, Yongqiang Zhang, Tieyuan Song, Qing
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Background Developing biocompatible nerve conduits that accelerate peripheral nerve regeneration, lengthening and functional recovery remains a challenge. The combined application of nerve microtissues and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) provides abundant Schwann cells (SCs) and various natural growth factors and can compensate for the deficiency of SCs...
Jo, Young-um Sim, HyunJune Lee, Chung-Sung Kim, Kyoung Sub Na, Kun
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Background Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are one type of 2-dimensional material with unique structure and strongly positive surface charge. Particularly, LDHs can be exfoliated by mono-layered double hydroxides (MLHs) as a single layer, showing an increased surface area. Therefore, there is a large focus on LDHs for drug delivery applications. F...
Kim, Min Ah. Lee, Chang-Moon
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Background Heat generation in a drug delivery carrier by exposure to near-infrared (NIR) light with excellent tissue transmittance is an effective strategy for drug release and tumor therapy. Because liposomes have amphiphilic properties, they are useful as drug carriers. Liposomes are also very suitable for drug delivery strategies using heat gene...
Nguyen, Thu-Trang Hu, Chih-Chien Sakthivel, Rajalakshmi Nabilla, Sasza Chyntara Huang, Yu-Wen Yu, Jiashing Cheng, Nai-Chen Kuo, Yi-Jie Chung, Ren-Jei
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All types of movements involve the role of articular cartilage and bones. The presence of cartilage enables bones to move over one another smoothly. However, repetitive microtrauma and ischemia as well as genetic effects can cause an osteochondral lesion. Numerous treatment methods such as microfracture surgergy, autograft, and allograft, have been...
Ma, Jing Dong, Suhe Lu, Hongtao Chen, Zhongmin Yu, Huijie Sun, Xuejun Peng, Renjun Li, Wei Wang, Sinian Jiang, Qisheng
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This study aimed to reveal the protective effect of hydrogen storage nanomaterial MgH2 on radiation-induced male fertility impairment. The characterization of MgH2 were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and particle size analyzer. The safety of MgH2 were evaluated in vivo and in vitro. The radioprotective effect of MgH2 on the reproduc...
Zhang, Haomeng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Xinyu Gao, Yuan Ma, Yanling Chen, Hongyu Wan, Jipeng Li, Changzhong Wang, Fei Sun, Xiao
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Surgical resection is a widely used method for the treatment of solid tumor cancers. However, the inhibition of tumor recurrence and metastasis are the main challenges of postoperative tumor therapy. Traditional intravenous or oral administration have poor chemotherapeutics bioavailability and undesirable systemic toxicity. Polymeric hydrogels with...
Oh, Soram Kim, Hyun Ju Kim, Hyun-Jung Antonson, Sibel A. Kim, Sun-Young
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Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of increased irradiation distance on the flexural strength (FS), dentin micro-shear bond strength (μSBS), and the degree of conversion (DC) of bulk-fill flowable, conventional flowable, and packable resin composites. Methods The resin composites tested were Surefil® SDR™ (SDR), Filtek Z...