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Solvent immersion imprint lithography
We expand upon our recent, fundamental report on solvent immersion imprint lithography (SIIL) and describe a semi-automated and high-performance…
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Role of circadian gene Clock during differentiation of mouse pluripotent stem cells
Biological rhythms controlled by the circadian clock are absent in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). However, they start to develop during the…
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KChIP2 regulates the cardiac Ca²⁺ transient and myocyte contractility by targeting ryanodine receptor activity
Pathologic electrical remodeling and attenuated cardiac contractility are featured characteristics of heart failure. Coinciding with these remodeling…
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Effect of curcumin analogs onα-synuclein aggregation and cytotoxicity
Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation into oligomers and fibrils is associated with dopaminergic neuron loss occurring in Parkinson’s disease (PD)…
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Coupling of vinculin to F-actin requires Syndecan-4 proteoglycan
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans act as a cell surface co-receptors for many proteins in which a signal is sent downstream via its cytosolic domain. The…
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Graphene-Based Microbots for Toxic Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery from Water
Heavy metal contamination in water is a serious risk to the public health and other life forms on earth. Current research in nanotechnology is…
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Microscope-Integrated OCT Feasibility and Utility With the EnFocus System in the DISCOVER Study
This article published in the journal OSLI Retina discusses the findings of the latest phase of the DISCOVER study relating specifically to the…
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Video: Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9
Jennifer Doudna tells the story of how studying the way bacteria fight viral infection turned into a genomic engineering technology that has…
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Video: Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas9
This animation depicts the CRISPR-Cas9 method for genome editing – a powerful new technology with many applications in biomedical research, including…
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Sylvian dissection with ICG, viewed with FL800 fluorescence
In vascular and neoplastic surgery sylvian dissection is an essential skill. The neurosurgeon needs to recognize the superficial sylvian vein (SSV) in…
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Five Big Mysteries about CRISPR’s Origins
Francisco Mojica was not the first to see CRISPR, but he was probably the first to be smitten by it. He remembers the day in 1992 when he got his…
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Human NK Cell Development Requires CD56-mediated Motility and Formation of the Developmental Synapse
While distinct stages of natural killer (NK) cell development have been defined, the molecular interactions that shape human NK cell maturation are…
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Testing the Münch Hypothesis of Long Distance Phloem Transport in Plants
Long distance transport in plants occurs in sieve tubes of the phloem. The pressure flow hypothesis introduced by Ernst Münch in 1930 describes a…
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Variety of RNAs in Peripheral Blood Cells, Plasma, and Plasma Fractions
Human peripheral blood contains RNA in cells and in extracellular membrane vesicles, microvesicles and exosomes, as well as in cell-free…
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Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy of Lipid Plasma Membrane Dynamics
Plasma membrane dynamics are an important ruler of cellular activity, particularly through the interaction and diffusion dynamics of membrane-embedded…
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Correlative Cryo-Fluorescence and Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy as a Straightforward Tool to Study Host-Pathogen Interactions
Correlative light and electron microscopy is an imaging technique that enables identification and targeting of fluorescently tagged structures with…
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MicroRNA Expression Profiling to Identify and Validate Reference Genes for the Relative Quantification of microRNA in Rectal Cancer
Application example for laser microdissection (LMD) - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in regulating biological processes at the…
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Multispectral Phloem-Mobile Probes: Properties and Applications
Using Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings, we identified a range of small fluorescent probes that entered the translocation stream and were…

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