Biodegradable polymers have a innumerable uses in the biomedical field, particularly in the fields of tissue engineering and drug delivery.[10][18] In order for a biodegradable polymer to be used a...
Female infertility refers to infertility in female humans. It affects an estimated 48 million women[1] with the highest prevalence of infertility affecting people in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa,...
Cancer Listeni/ˈkænsər/, also known as a malignant tumor or malignant neoplasm, is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the bo...
Iterative reconstruction refers to iterative algorithms used to reconstruct 2D and 3D images in certain imaging techniques. For example, in computed tomography an image must be reconstructed from p...
A spinal cord stimulator is a device used to exert pulsed electrical signals to the spinal cord to control chronic pain. Further applications are in motor disorders. The lumbar spinal cord is a pre...
RNA interference (RNAi) is a biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression, typically by causing the destruction of specific mRNA molecules. Historically, it was known by other ...
Orthopedic/bone disease treatment
Influenza A viruses are enveloped, negative sense, single-stranded RNA viruses.[8] Genome analysis has shown that H3N8 was transferred from horses to dogs and then adapted to dogs through point mut...
Nucleic acid aptamers are nucleic acid species that have been engineered through repeated rounds of in vitro selection or equivalently, SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichm...
A microlens is a small lens, generally with a diameter less than a millimetre (mm) and often as small as 10 micrometres (µm). The small sizes of the lenses means that a simple design can give good ...
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a genetic defect in the SMN1 gene, which encodes SMN, a protein widely expressed in all eukaryotic cells. SMN is a...
Catalysis is the increase in the rate of a chemical reaction due to the participation of an additional substance called a catalyst.[1] With a catalyst, reactions occur faster and with less energy. ...
Parasite preparation for controlling diseases
Canine influenza (dog flu) is influenza occurring in canine animals. Canine influenza is caused by varieties of influenzavirus A, such as equine influenza virus H3N8, which in 2004 was discovered t...
Solder (/ˈsoʊldə/,[1] /ˈsɒldə/[1] or in North America /ˈsɒdər/[2]) is a fusible metal alloy used to join together metal workpieces and having a melting point below that of the workpiece(s). Soft...
Neurodegeneration is the umbrella term for the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, including death of neurons. Many neurodegenerative diseases including ALS, Parkinson's, Alzheime...
In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic tail (chain), which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have...
Brain disease treatment
Manufacturing an article using portable hand-held tools
Coumalic acid is an organic compound with the molecular formula C6H8O4. It melting point is around 210 C. In labolatory coumalic acid may be obtained by self-condensation of malic acid in fuming...
