Dang T Nguyen

Proteases are important modulators of inflammation, but they remain understudied in material-induced immune response, which is critical to clinical success of biomedical implants. Herein, molecular expression and proteolytic activity of...

Context: The heavy metal ions are the typical carcinogenic agents. Up to now, the interaction mechanism of toxic metal ions with the biomolecules such as carbohyrate have not been elucidated...

Macro-encapsulation systems for delivery of cellular therapeutics in diabetes treatment offer major advantages such as device retrievability and high cell packing density. However, microtissue aggregation and absence of vasculature have...

Environmental accumulation of non-degradable polystyrene (PS) microparticles from plastic waste poses potential adverse impact on marine life and human health. Herein, microparticles from a degradable PS analogue (dePS) are formulated...

Systemic drug administration has conventionally been prescribed to alleviate persistent local inflammation which is prevalent in chronic diseases. However, this approach is associated with drug-induced toxicity, particularly when the dosage...

A new denaturation agent is the mixture of 4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-bis(methoxymethyl)imidazolidin-2-one (-DMDHEU)/choline chloride (CC) introduced to modify three kinds of lignocellulosic materials containing different lignin contents in the following order: cotton used...

Transplantation of immuno-isolated islets is a promising strategy to restore insulin-secreting function in patients with Type 1 diabetes. However, the clinical translation of this treatment approach remains elusive due to...

We summarize herein the results of various virologic studies of acute otitis media (AOM) conducted at our site over a 10-year period. Among 566 children with AOM, respiratory syncytial virus...