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containing 10% fetal bovine serum. 500µl of the cell suspension was then added to each well in use. The well plate contained both the HepG2 cells, and cell suspension was then incubated in a cell culture incubator for 24 hours; this allowed for a monolayer to be formed in the wells. After the incubation period elapsed, the well plate was removed and placed inside a tissue culture hood. We then carefully removed all the media from the wells with the use of a P1000 pipette; making sure not to touch the

Introduction: The inflammatory response is a vital process in maintaining the integrity of tissues and organs. After the proper activation, leukocytes traveling through the blood vessels are trafficked to the inflammatory region and adhere to the activated endothelial cells (Wang et al., 2005). In order to reach the affected site, the leukocyte must insinuate itself between two endothelial cells and find permeable sites in the vascular basement membrane or pericyte sheath to reach the inflammation

The presence of water on Mars is highly related to the atmosphere conditions. Today, the Martian atmosphere consists primarily of CO2 (95%). In addition, the pressure is about 6 millibars at the Martian surface. The temperature is about 220 °K average (-53 °C) at the Martian equator. Accordingly, water is present in solid or vapor phases on Mars. Therefore, most of the potential sources of water on Mars are not in liquid phase. [5] To begin with, according to Russian scientists, the water vapor in

It is also possible that this monolayer will already be present on gel even before it contacts an aqueous solution. On the other hand, alcohol due to its vertical orientation can lead to random distribution of vertical stacks on isolated silanol groups. The gaps between these stacks present

2. Optical properties of thick
metal nanohole arrays fabricated
by electron-beam and nanosphere lithography. INTRODUCTION Extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) through nanohole arrays has been concentrated broadly in several aspects, including the hypothesis and confirmation of its origin parameters influencing its intensity, the optical properties, for example like its transmission spectra and divergence. Several parameters including the refractive index of the medium on the metal film surface

clostridial antitoxin, are the most sensitive for diagnosis of CDI but time-consuming (5). For many years, cell culture cytotoxicity neutralization assay (CCCNA) was the accepted gold standard. By this method, stool filtrates are inoculated onto a monolayer of a cell culture in wells with and without C. difficile antitoxin. CCCNA is quite specific for CDI. However, the assay is expensive, lacks standardization among laboratories and is generally unavailable outside the research setting (11). The enzyme

Numerous studies had reported ischaemic heart disease to be the leading cause of years of life lost globally. These statistic showing epidemic rates of heart failure has motivated countless professionals in the field to find a way to decrease these numbers. One such person is Dr James Chong, a cardiologist and researcher at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital. In 2014, Dr Chong and his colleagues conducted a promising study on regenerating cardiac muscle cells, also known as cardiomyocytes that were killed

for people 60 years of age and older in the developed world. Vision loss is caused by the destruction of the cone photoreceptors, located in the macula, that are responsible for color/central vision. The underlying cause of AMD is the loss of the monolayer of pigmented epithelial cells located just below the photoreceptors, known as the retinal pigmentum epithelium (RPE). The main role of the RPE is to maintain the function of the photoreceptor layer by secreting nutrients, absorbing stray light, and

Introduction: Carbon is the fourth most abundant element on Earth. It has many practical uses in a variety of different areas of science. Due to the wide variety of structures, which all have different properties, there are a variety of uses. Carbon is an element with the most allotropes, next to sulfur. The allotropes greatly differ in structure but are all widely used in modern production. Graphite, diamond and fullerenes are the three allotropes of carbon. Graphite has lubricating properties

Drug delivery is the method of transporting a pharmaceutical compound to safely achieve its desired therapeutic effect in the body by using approaches, formulations, technologies, and systems. Today these technologies are nanobiomaterials and the use of nanobiomaterials are unprecedentedly increasing in drug delivery thanks to their significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The major goals of using nanomaterials are to reduce toxicity, increase biocompatibility, safety, and