Towards the repair of damaged tissues, numerous scaffolds have been fabricated to recreate complex extracellular matrix (ECM) environment support desired cell behaviors; however, it is often challenging design with requisite cell-anchorage sites, mechanical stability, and tailorable physicochemical properties necessary for many applications. To address this improve on hyaluronic acid (HA) hydro...

Sera from four patients with heparin-associated thrombocytopenia (HAT) were evaluated by a quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect heparin-dependent serum platelet-bindable immunoglobulin (S-PBIg) and by Western blotting and immunoprecipitation to investigate the specificity of the antibody binding. All HAT sera showed mildly increased S-PBIg (mean, 7.8 fg per platelet;...