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Open AccessThe structure of a novel antibody against the spike protein inhibits Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a zoonotic virus, responsible for outbreaks of a severe respiratory illness in humans with a fatality rate of 30%. Currently, there are no vaccines or...
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Open AccessA development of assistant surgical robot system based on surgical-operation-by-wire and hands-on-throttle-and-stick
Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery offers several advantages compared with open surgery and conventional minimally invasive surgery. However, one issue that needs to be resolved is a collision between the rob...
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Construction of human granulocyte-macrophage colonystimulating factor expression system using Lactococcus lactis MG1363
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been used in a wide variety of industrial fermentation processes. Generally, LAB have regarded as safe status, making them potentially useful organisms for the production of com...
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Analysis of cytokine production in a newly developed canine tracheal epithelial cell line infected with H3N2 canine influenza virus
The Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell line is typically used to analyze pathological features after canine influenza virus (CIV) infection. However, MDCK cells are not the ideal cell type, because they are...
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Open AccessPneumatic-type surgical robot end-effector for laparoscopic surgical-operation-by-wire
Although minimally invasive surgery (MIS) affords several advantages compared to conventional open surgery, robotic MIS systems still have many limitations. One of the limitations is the non-uniform grip** f...
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Open AccessFunctional changes of the myocardium in survivors of high-voltage electrical injury
There are limited long-term follow-up data on functional changes in the myocardium after high-voltage electrical injury (HVEI).
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Open AccessAlterations in arterial function after high-voltage electrical injury
The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional changes of the arterial endothelium and smooth muscle after a high-voltage electrical injury (HVEI), using flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and nitrate-mediated...
