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9. Recent progress in functional metal–organic frameworks for bio-medical application

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Chai, Wenwen, Chen, Xiaochen, Liu, Jing, Zhang, Liyan, Liu, Chunyu, Li, Li, Honiball, John Robert, Pan, Haobo, Cui, Xu, and Wang, Deping

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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have a high specific surface area, adjustable pores and can be used to obtain functional porous materials with diverse and well-ordered structures through coordination and self-assembly, which has intrigued wide interest in a broad range of disciplines. In the arena of biomedical engineering, the functionalized modification of MOFs has produced drug carriers with excellent dispersion and functionalities such as target delivery and response release, with promising applications in bio-detection, disease therapy, tissue healing, and other areas. This review summarizes the present state of research on the functionalization of MOFs by physical binding or chemical cross-linking of small molecules, polymers, biomacromolecules, and hydrogels and evaluates the role and approach of MOFs functionalization in boosting the reactivity of materials. On this basis, research on the application of functionalized MOFs composites in biomedical engineering fields such as drug delivery, tissue repair, disease treatment, bio-detection and imaging is surveyed, and the development trend and application prospects of functionalized MOFs as an important new class of biomedical materials in the biomedical field are anticipated, which may provide some inspiration and reference for further development of MOF for bio-medical applications.

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2024
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10. Near‐infrared spectroscopy in the diagnosis of testicular torsion: valuable modality or waste of valuable time? A systematic review.

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Laher, Abdullah, Swart, Marlize, Honiball, John, Perera, Marlon, Lawrentschuk, Nathan, and Adam, Ahmed

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META-analysis, SPERMATIC cord torsion, SPECTROMETRY, WEB databases, SCIENCE databases, MODAL logic
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Background: Testicular torsion (TT) is a urological emergency that affects one in 4000 males younger than 25 years. Delays in the management of TT may result in testicular ischaemia, testicular necrosis, orchidectomy and infertility. This review assesses the validity of near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a diagnostic tool in the assessment and diagnosis of TT. Methods: A systematic search of Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, EMBASE, Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases was performed in January 2019 using specific search terms. Selected studies were ranked and evaluated using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses guidelines and the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies‐2 tool. Results: A total of nine studies that included 253 subjects (88 animals and 165 humans) with a mean sample size of 28.1 (standard deviation 40.8) subjects were included. The mean difference in testicular tissue oxygen saturation between torsed and non‐torsed testes (Δ%StO2) were 45%, 42% (±5%), 26% and 5–18% in four animal studies and 2.0%, 3.0%, 6.7%, 6.8% and 23.0% in five human studies. The tissue oxygen saturation difference between contralateral healthy testes (controls) ranged from 1% to 10% in the five studies that alluded to this. Conclusion: The current body of evidence does not support the use of NIRS in the work‐up of TT. Well‐designed clinical trials with large patient samples are required to determine whether NIRS may have some future role as a diagnostic modality in TT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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11. Step-by-step assembly and testing of a low-cost bioprinting solution for research and educational purposes.

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Honiball JR, Pepper MS, and Prinsloo E

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Bioprinting is a rapidly expanding technology with the ability to fabricate in vitro three-dimensional (3D) tissues in a layer-by-layer manner to ultimately produce a living tissue which physiologically resembles native in vivo tissue functionality. Unfortunately, large costs associated with commercially available bioprinters severely limit access to the technology. We investigated the potential for modifying a low-cost commercially available RepRap Prusa iteration 3 (i3) 3D printer with an open-source syringe-housed microextrusion print-head unit (universal paste extruder by Richard Horne, RichRap), that allowed for controlled deposition of cell-laden bioinks and Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels (FRESH) method-based printing., (© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

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2020
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