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Theses reviewed in this issue include "A Rapid Lipid-Based Approach for Normalization of Quantum Dot-Detected Biomarker Expression on Extracellular Vesicles in Complex Biological Samples," "Cancer Dynamics Under a Chemotherapeutic Stress Gradient Using a Microfluidic In Vitro Tumor Environment," "Cells Exhibiting Strong P16ink4a Promoter Activation In Vivo Display Features of Senescence," "HLA-G Dimer Prolongs Kidney Allograft Survival by Inhibiting CD8+ T Cell Activation and Granzyme B Expression," "Lysophosphatidic Acid Suppression of CD8 T Cell Signaling and Function," and "Targeting Therapeutic T Cells to the Bone Marrow Niche." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Engineering Protein Disaggregases to Counter Alpha-Synuclein and Amyloid-Beta Neurotoxicity," "Hyperglycaemia Induced Immunomodulation of Macrophages in Diabetic Vascular Disease," "Microvasculature-on-a-Chip Systems for Human Disease Modeling," "Senescence Surveillance: The Interplay Between the Immune System and Senescent Cells," "The HMG Transcription Factor TOX Induces a Transcriptional and Epigenetic Program of CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion in Chronic Infection and Cancer," and "Zero to One-Translational Advancements in the Field of Xenotransplantation." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "An Aging Tug of War: The Accumulation of the Spontaneous L-Isoaspartate Modification in Proteins vs. Canonical and Novel Maintenance Pathways," "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Microglial Activation During Remyelination," "Early Detection of Cancer Metastasis at a Synthetic Pre-Metastatic Niche Using Inverse Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography," "Magnetic Stem Cell Spheroid Microrobots and Their In Vivo Applications," "Reprogramming Human Endothelium to Hematopoietic Stem Cells with Adaptive Immune Function," and "Scaffold-Free Three-Dimensional Bioprints Repair Small Intestine Injuries and Integrate Into Native Intestine." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Developing the Next Generation of Universal Immune Receptors," "From Synthesis to Pathology: A Bottom-Up Approach to Studying the Role of Advanced Glycation End-Products in Diabetes and Aging," "Hybrid Bioactive Nanoparticles for Modulation of Tumor Microenvironment and Enhancing Radiation and Chemotherapy Efficacy," "In Situ Bioprinting of Planar Biomaterials and Tissues," "Novel AAV Engineering Technology: Identification of Improved AAV Variants for Gene Addition and Genome Engineering in Primary Human Cells," and "Substrate Reduction Therapy for Krabbe Disease and a New Murine Model for Cell-Autonomous Expression of Lysosomal Hydrolases." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Advances on Chip-In-Cell Wireless Platform for Continuous Monitoring of Physiological Parameters in Single Cells," "Design and Delivery of Synthetic mRNA by a Peptide Nanoparticle," "Inflammation Alters Endothelial Progenitor Cell-derived Exosome Contents and Therapeutic Effect on Myocardial Repair," "Partial Reprogramming: A Shortcut to Rejuvenation," "Renal Angioplasty and Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Renovascular Disease: A Novel Treatment Strategy," and "Targeted EDTA Chelation Therapy with Albumin Nanoparticles to Reverse Arterial Calcification and Restore Vascular Health in Chronic Kidney Disease." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Engineering Efficient and Safe In Situ Genome Regulation via CRISPR-Cas9 for Enabling Gene Therapies," "Investigating the Mechanism of LINE-1 Retrotransposition in Human Cells," "Machine Learning Approaches for Prediction of Kidney Transplant Survival," "Novel Obesity Suppressor Function of the Retinoblastoma Protein Uncovers Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 as a Therapeutic Target for Diet-Induced Obesity," "Regeneration of Retinal Neurons from Müller Glia in Adult Mice," and "Reprogramming T Cells to Interrogate Intracellular Disease Signatures." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Characterization and Purification of Putative Stem Cells from the Adult Murine Pancreas," "Inhibition of TLR4 Minimizes Islet Damage due to Sterile Inflammation and Improves Islet Transplant Outcomes," "Liquefaction of the Brain Following Stroke Shares Multiple Characteristics with Atherosclerosis and Mediates Secondary Neurodegeneration in an Osteopontin-Dependent Mechanism," "Manipulating the Segregation of Human Mitochondrial DNA," "Role of Mitochondria in Plasma Membrane Repair and Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy," and "The Role of Cytosolic Accumulation of Nuclear DNA in Retinal-Pigment Epithelium Dysfunction and Age-Related Macular Degeneration." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Clearance of Capillary Occlusions Improves Cortical Blood Flow and Cognitive Function in Alzheimer's Mouse Models," "Dermato-Informatic Approaches to Understanding and Improving Lesional Diagnostic Expertise in Cutaneous Oncology," "Furthering the Scope, Understanding, and Application of Proteolysis Targeting Chimera," "Optimization and Application of Synthetic High-Density Lipoprotein (sHDL) System in Atherosclerosis and Glioma Therapy," "Regulatory T Cell Enriching Microparticles for Promoting Tolerance in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation," and "Tau Prion Strains Induce Distinct Pathological Phenotypes In Vivo." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Automated Analysis of Quantitative Image Biomarkers from Low-Dose Chest CT Scans," "Design, Synthesis, and Delivery of a Self-Cleaving Replicon System Yielding Biologically Active MicroRNAs In Vivo," "Mechanisms of Physiological Amyloidogenesis," "Programming and Reprogramming Neural Cell Types Using Synthetic Transcription Factors," "Targeted Drug Delivery via Exploitation of the Tumor Microenvironment," and "Towards Clinically-Relevant Cell-Transplant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Liver Diseases." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Atrophied Thymus, a Tumor Reservoir for Harboring Melanoma Cells," "Evolutionary Adaptations in Developmental Signaling Pathways Underlie Regenerative Scar-Free Wound Repair in African Spiny Mouse (Genus Acomys)," "Integrated Immunoassays on Paper/Polymer Hybrid Microfluidic Devices for Low-Cost Detection of Disease Biomarkers," "RNA Regulation in the Nervous System: CircRNA Expression Changes During Aging, and Function of the Calm1 Extended 3' UTR Isoform," "The Role of Amylin in Alzheimer's Disease," and "Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect and Halt ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis and Neuropathy." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Cancer and Stem Cell Extravasation through Angiopellosis," "Human Chimeric Antigen Receptor Macrophages for Cancer Immunotherapy," "Insights on Alzheimer's Disease Etiology from Network Approaches in Healthy Aging," "Myelin and Glial Pathology in Aging and Cognitive Decline: Evidence for Faulty Myelin Clearance in the Rhesus Monkey," "Phosphatidylserine-Based Nanoparticles for Tolerance Induction Toward Therapeutic Proteins," and "Role of Endothelial Cell Stiffening in Choroidal Atrophy Associated with Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include "Downregulation of the Apelinergic Axis Accelerates Aging, Whereas Its Systemic Restoration Improves the Mammalian Healthspan," "Intracellular Delivery of Exogenous Molecules Via an Ultrahigh Throughput Mechanoporation Microdevice," "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Drivers of Treg Fragility in the Tumor Microenvironment," "Lipid Nanoparticles Based Nanomedicine and Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis," "Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials for Drug Delivery to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy and Chronic Wound Healing," and "Zebrafish Extracellular Matrix as a Therapeutic Agent for Adult Mammalian Central Nervous System Regeneration." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theses reviewed in this issue include Characterization and Modeling of Metabolic Stress Responses in Cellular Aging; Engineering Immunity: Enhancing T Cell Vaccines and Combination Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Cancer; Extracellular Inflammatory Signaling from Dysfunctional Telomeres; High-Throughput Microfluidic Labyrinth for the Label-Free Isolation of circulating tumor cells for Single-Cell Gene Expression Profiling; Oxygen Nanobubbles for Ultrasound-guided Targeting of Cancer Hypoxia; and The Eye as a Window to the Alzheimer's Disease Brain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]