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Edie C. Goldsmith
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Application of Gold Nanorods in Cardiovascular Science
Cardiovascular disease is a significant global Cardiovascular disease is a significant global health problem. Effectively treating it and exercise, but also demands the development of novel tools for rapid dia...
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The Biomechanical Environment and Impact on Tissue Fibrosis
The implantation of materials into the body elicits a foreign body response (FBR) that includes formation of a fibrous capsule around the implanted material. The formation of the fibrous capsule has many simil...
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Discoidin Domain Receptors in Cardiac Development
Heart development is a complex process, involving temporally and spatially restricted morphogenic events that ultimately give rise to a multichambered heart. Discoidin domain receptors (DDRs) 1 and 2 are recep...
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The Role of the Extracellular Matrix and Its Receptors in Modulating Cardiac Development
Fundamental to the differentiation and morphogenesis of any organ is the interaction between its component cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM). In the early 1980s, the concept of dynamic reciprocity was i...
