ADVANCES IN RETINAL PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS

Advances in retinal prosthesis systems

Retinal prosthesis systems have undergone significant advances in the past quarter century, resulting in the development of several different novel surgical and engineering approaches.Encouraging results have Compression Socks demonstrated partial visual restoration, with improvement in both coarse objective function and performance of everyday tas

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Screening of an Endophyte Transforming Polydatin to Resveratrol from Reynoutria Japonica Houtt and the Optimization of Its Transformation Parameters

Resveratrol showed various kinds of bioactivities, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer effects and, therefore, has been used widely as an important ingredient in medication, healthy foods and cosmetics.However, in nature, resveratrol usually exists at low content and more often exists as polydatin.Therefore, it becomes important to find

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The traditional Chinese medicine formulation Ruanjian Sanjie Decoction regulates the tumor matrix and improves the anti-tumor efficacy of TP-PEG-LPs

The Ruanjian Sanjie Decoction (RSD) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulation consisting of Spica Prunellae, Pseudobulbus Cremastrae Seu Pleiones, Concha Ostreae and Semen Coicis, and widely used as an adjuvant in anti-cancer therapy.The aim of this study was to determine the effects of RSD on the extracellular matrix (ECM) of tumors, and

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Presence of Eosinophils in Nasal Secretion during Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Young Children Predicts Subsequent Wheezing within Two Months

Background: In young children with wheezing or bronchiolitis, especially with respiratory syncitial virus, blood eosinophilia and a high eosinophil cationic protein level in nasal secretions predicts subsequent wheezing in later childhood.However, whether eosinophil activation results from virus-induced inflammation or local eosinophilia per se pre

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