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Open AccessRapid detection of dermatophytes and Candida albicansin onychomycosis specimens by an oligonucleotide array
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of nails, leading to the gradual destruction of the nail plate. Treatment of onychomycosis may need long-time oral antifungal therapy that can have potential side effects, t...
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Physicochemical properties and osteogenic activity of radiopaque calcium silicate–gelatin cements
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the physicochemical properties and in vitro osteogenic activity of radiopaque calcium silicate–gelatin cements. The radiopacity, setting time, working time, flow, diame...
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Open AccessRapid (<5 min) Identification of Pathogen in Human Blood by Electrokinetic Concentration and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
This study reports a novel microfluidic platform for rapid and long-ranged concentration of rare-pathogen from human blood for subsequent on-chip surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) identification/discr...
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Stepwise gray-scale light-induced electric field gradient for passive and continuous separation of microparticles
This article presents a gray-scale light-induced dielectrophoresis (GS-LIDEP) method that induces the lateral displacements normal to the through-flow for continuous and passive separation of microparticles. I...
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Precisely sized separation of multiple particles based on the dielectrophoresis gradient in the z-direction
We present a new 3D dielectrophoresis-field-flow fraction (DEP-FFF) concept to achieve precise separation of multiple particles by using AC DEP force gradient in the z-direction. The interlaced electrode array wa...
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High-throughput electrokinetic bioparticle focusing based on a travelling-wave dielectrophoretic field
This study presents a sheathless and portable microfluidic chip that is capable of high-throughput focusing bioparticles based on 3D travelling-wave dielectrophoresis (twDEP). High-throughput focusing is achie...
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Rapid quantification of bio-particles based on image visualisation in a dielectrophoretic microfluidic chip
We studied an imaging-based technique for the rapid quantification of bio-particles in a dielectrophoretic (DEP) microfluidic chip. Label-free particles could be successively sorted and trapped in a continuous...
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Promoting effect of Antrodia camphorata as an immunomodulating adjuvant on the antitumor efficacy of HER-2/neu DNA vaccine
It is well known that DNA vaccines induce protective humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in several animal models. Antrodia camphorata (AC) is a unique basidiomycete fungus of the Polyporaceae family that ...
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Intramuscular electroporation with the pro-opiomelanocortin gene in rat adjuvant arthritis
Endogenous opioid peptides have an essential role in the intrinsic modulation and control of inflammatory pain, which could be therapeutically useful. In this study, we established a muscular electroporation m...
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Expression and Characterization of Recombinant Human Cytochrome c in E. coli
Cytochrome c is a heme protein involved in electron transfer, cell apoptosis, and diseases associated with oxidative stress. Here we expressed human cytochrome c in E. coli and purified it to homogeneity with a y...
