Objective(s): Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is known as the most common bacterial causes of diarrheal diseases related to morbidity and mortality. Heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) is a part of major virulence factors in ETEC pathogenesis. Antigen entrapment into nanoparticles (NPs) can protect them and enhance their immunogenicity.Materials and Methods: In the present study, recombinant L...

Pore-entrapped fluorescein molecules act as antenna to sensitize the NIR emission of Yb3+ cations MOF structure.

Bioinspired cell deformation aids in the design of smart functional molecular self-assemblies. We report on a system of bacteria-like vesicles which release entrapped drug upon developing hairs triggered by UV irradiation, just like cilia stretching from the surface of bacteria. The formation of cilia leads to a less intact membrane, which allows release of entrapped drug. This bioinspired desi...

to normal rats deprived of food for 6h, and the stomach contents were collected after 15min. About 10-12% of the radioactivity of the dose administered was found in the stomach contents, which, when passed through the Sepharose 6B column, gave 65-75 % of the radioactivity in the lipid peak fractions (4-10) collected just after the void volume, as shown in Fig. 1 . The position of this peak is i...

The in vitro antimalarial activities of artemisone and artemisone entrapped in Pheroid vesicles were compared, as was their ability to induce dormancy in Plasmodium falciparum. There was no increase in the activity of artemisone entrapped in Pheroid vesicles against multidrug-resistant P. falciparum lines. Artemisone induced the formation of dormant ring stages similar to dihydroartemisinin. Th...

Case report A 53-year-old man underwent an ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation; however, the tip of the Lasso catheter (Biosense Webster, Inc, Diamond Bar, California) used for the ablation was entrapped in the mitral subvalvular apparatus (Figure 1A & B). Despite extensive efforts, the tip of the catheter broke and attempts at extraction were unsuccessful. The catheter tip was entrapped...

Although burr entrapment is a rare complication of rotablation, it is extremely difficult to retrieve a stuck entrapped burr without surgical intervention. There are several techniques typically employed to retrieve an entrapped burr, using bailout endovascular approaches. Herein we have presented a new retrieval method involving a Guideliner child-in-mother catheter combined with a snare, whic...