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From landslides to pharmaceuticals: High-precision model simulates complex granular and fluid interactions
A research team from the School of Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has developed a new ...
You usually need more than a few drops of blood, saliva or urine to detect illnesses. Here’s why
Biotech startup Haemanthus says it can detect illnesses with tiny amounts of blood, urine and saliva. Here’s why that’s more ...
Frontiers17d
NLRP3 inflammasome activation by turbulent shear stress drives right ventricular outflow tract fibrosis in pulmonary regurgitation
Cells were subjected to OF and UF for 4, 8, and 12 h to evaluate acute inflammatory responses. In the control group (static fluid), cells were cultured in µ-slides I 0.4 mm for 4, 8, and 12 h without ...
casereports.bmj18d
Porous diaphragm syndrome: haemothorax secondary to haemoperitoneum following laparoscopic hysterectomy
Cytology of the pleural fluid reported heavily blood-stained fluid with mesothelial cells and macrophages. No malignant cells were identified. Following aspiration the patient was asymptomatic with ...
CMAJ27d
Central nervous system blastomycosis in an immunocompetent child
Six days after onset of the skin lesions, a chest radiograph showed left lower lobe infiltrate and a small pleural effusion. A complete blood count obtained at the same time revealed a leukocyte count ...
Cancer Research28d
Abstract 881: Innate immune cell-mediated anti-tumor activity against lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma cells
Materials and Methods: After obtaining informed consent, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected from healthy adults, lung cancer patients, and pleural mesothelioma patients to ...