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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Vascular systems"”.
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Mechanical characterization and self-healing in synthetic vascularized materials
… throughout the material volume using a microvascular network of microchannels that serve as conduits of flow and permit fluid transport throughout the material volume, in much the same way that vascular systems transport nutrients and biochemical components throughout living organisms. …
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Vascularity in Red and White Muscle
… was not until 1865 that Kuhne (1) washed out the vascular systems of rabbits with saline, and than prepared extracts from the blood free muscles. Extracts from the pale muscles were colorless; those from the red muscles were a deep crimson. This shattered the theory that the coloration was due to …
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Coordinate regulation of Vegf signalling genes by the proline rich homeodomain protein
… regulates development of the haematopoietic and vascular systems. VEGF is a mitogen that stimulates cell survival via cell surface receptors including VEGFR1 and VEGFR2. This thesis identifies Vegf, Vegfr1, and Vegfr2 as bona fide PRH target genes and shows PRH can control cell survival through …
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Biomimetic vascular self-healing systems for cementitious materials
… of inspiration in engineering applications and vascular networks, as in human skin and in a tree leaf, are one attribute that has received attention in the design of resilient structures. A vascular system houses healing agent within its interconnected networks which are incorporated within a …
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Label-Free Microfluidic Devices for Single-Cell Analysis and Liquid Biopsies
… involve studying cancer cells in patient vascular systems, called circulating tumor cells (CTCs), through blood samples. CTC tests reveal valuable information on patient prognosis, diagnosis and can aide therapy selection in a minimally invasive manner. This body of work presents two …
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Integrated Multimodal Analysis: Evaluating the Impacts of Chemotherapy and Electroporation-Based Therapy on Lymphatic and Blood Microvasculature in Cancer
The lymphatic and blood vascular systems are two important vessel networks that serve different roles in healthy states and in cancer. In breast cancer the most common cancer amongst women, mortality remains high despite increased treatment response due to metastatic spread, preferentially through …
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Developing and Assessing Different Cordon Establishment Techniques for Long-Term Vineyard Management
… with continued observation. The poorly developed vascular systems seemingly attributable to this training method in particular suggest that its use should potentially be avoided.
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Vascular Network Formation via 3D Printing and Cell-Based Approaches
Vascularization is essential for living tissue and remains a major challenge in the field of tissue engineering. A lack of a perfusable channel network within a large and densely populated tissue engineered construct leads to necrotic core formation, preventing fabrication of functional tissues and …
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Sacrificial polymers for rapid manufacturing of bioinspired vascular materials
Synthetic vascular systems, inspired by hierarchical vascular networks for mediating heat and mass transport in biological structures, have gained tremendous interest in the fields of microfluidics, soft robotics, microelectronics, battery packaging, and civil infrastructure. Strategies for …
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Microvascular materials for adaptive electronic structures
Biologically-inspired microvascular networks have found many uses in synthetic materials, including self-healing, thermal management, and electromagnetic reconfiguration. In particular, reconfigurable radio-frequency (RF) systems enabled by microvascular networks containing conductive liquids …